01651cam a2200301 45000010008000000030004000080050017000120080041000290200015000700400020000850500016001050820015001212450053001362600047001893000032002363500025002685000065002935040030003585050812003886000019012006500013012196500014012326500014012467000022012607000019012828560022013018560026013232681496OSt20201102105634.0740214s1973 enka b 011 0 eng  a0521202906 aDLCcPembadDLC00aGN480b.C5300a301.421GOO04aThe Character of kinship.cEdited by Jack Goody. aCambridge [Eng.]bUniversity Pressc[1973] axii, 251 p.billus.c24 cm. a£3.30 ($10.95 U.S.) aPublished on the occasion of the retirement of Meyer Fortes. aBibliography: p. 236-248.0 aBarth, F. Descent and marriage reconsidered.--Strathern, A. Kinship, descent and locality: some New Guinea examples.--La Fontaine, J. Descent in New Guinea: an Africanist view.--Leach, E. Complementary filiation and bilateral kinship.--Barnes, J. A. Genetrix: genitor:: nature: culture?--Bloch, M. The long term and the short term: the economic and political significance of the morality of kinship.--Pitt-Rivers, J. The kith and the kin.--Freeman, D. Kinship, attachment behaviour and the primary bond.--Smith, R. T. The matrifocal family.--Harris, G. Furies, witches and mothers.--Abrahams, R. G. Some aspects of levirate.--Goody, J. Polygyny, economy and the role of women.--Tambiah, S. J. From varna to caste through mixed unions.--Barnes, J. A. Bibliography of the writings of Meyer Fortes (p. 231-235)10aFortes, Meyer. 0aKinship. 0aFamilies. 0aMarriage.1 aGoody, Jack,eed.1 aFortes, Meyer.413Table of contents423Publisher description