Kinship and Marriage: An Anthropological Perspective.

Abstract

Preface to the Cambridge University Press Edition Preface to the First Edition Introduction 1. Kinship, family and descent 2. The incest problem 3. Local groups and descent groups 4. Unilineal descent groups 5. Segmentation and double descent 6. Cognatic descent and ego-centred groups 7. Exogamy and direct exchange 8. Asymmetrical and complex systems 9. Kinship terminology References and further reading Index.