An Introduction to Two Theories of Social Anthropology - Descent Groups and Marriage Alliance (Paperback, illustrated edition)

The book is a translation of Louis Dumont's lectures on kinship, which provide a comprehensive but also idiosyncratic overview of descent theory and alliance theory for students. These two competing theories of kinship, associated respectively with the British and French schools of social anthropology, as well as the theoretical tendencies of functionalism and structuralism, dominated anthropological theory from the 1950s to the 1970s and are of fundamental historical significance. But Dumont's lectures also have stood the test of time and provide an excellent introductory account of kinship for the student. They also reflect his own structuralist sympathies and critical acumen in assessing the work of many of anthropology's great theoretical minds, among which he himself should be numbered.

General

Imprint:	Berghahn Books
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Methodology & History in Anthropology
Release date:	May 2006
First published:	June 2006
Authors:	Robert Parkin
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 8mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	148
Edition:	illustrated edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-84545-147-9
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General
LSN:	1-84545-147-3
Barcode:	9781845451479

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