Nonunilineal Descent and Contextual Definition of Status: The Kwaio Evidence

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American AnthropologistVolume 70, Issue 1 p. 82-84 Free Access Nonunilineal Descent and Contextual Definition of Status: The Kwaio Evidence1 ROGER M. KEESING, ROGER M. KEESING University of California, Santa CruzSearch for more papers by this author ROGER M. KEESING, ROGER M. KEESING University of California, Santa CruzSearch for more papers by this author First published: February 1968 https://doi.org/10.1525/aa.1968.70.1.02a00080Citations: 14 1 Field work on Malaita was carried out from December 1962 to November 1964 and in July and August 1966. Both trips were supported by the U.S. Public Health Service. Support for analysis of the field data was provided by the Social Science Research Council and a Ford Foundation International-Comparative Grant. This paper in substantially its present form was read at the annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Pittsburgh, November 1966. AboutPDF ToolsExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. References Cited Barnes, J. A. 1962 African models in the New Guinea highlands. Man 62: 5– 9. Fortes, M. 1953 The structure of unilineal descent groups. American Anthropologist 55: 17– 41. Fortes, M. 1959 Descent, filiation, and affinity: a rejoinder to Dr. Leach. Man 59: 193– 197, 206–212. Goody, J. R. 1961 The classification of double descent systems. Current Anthropology 2: 3– 25. Keesing, R. M. 1965 Kwaio marriage and society. Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, Harvard University. Keesing, R. M. 1966a Kwaio kindreds. Southwestern Journal of Anthropology 22: 346– 353. Keesing, R. M. 1966b Kwaio descent groups. Offset monograph. Center for South Pacific Studies. University of California, Santa Cruz . Keesing, R. M. 1967a Statistical and decision models of social structure: a Kwaio case. Ethnology 6: 1– 16. Keesing, R. M. 1967b Kwaio fosterage. Presented at symposium of Association for Social Anthropology in Eastern Oceania, March 1967. Forthcoming in Adoption in eastern Oceania. V. Carroll, ed. Keesing, R. M. 1967c Shrines, ancestors, and nonunilineal descent in Malaita. Presented at annual meeting of American Anthropological Association, Washington, D.C., December 1967. Schneider, D. 1965 Some muddles in the models: or, how the system really works. In The relevance of models in social anthropology. M. Banton, ed. Association of Social Anthropologists Monograph, 1: 25– 85. Citing Literature Volume70, Issue1February 1968Pages 82-84 ReferencesRelatedInformation