Politics Of Kinship Research Articles

The politics of kinship: Compadrio Among Slaves in Nineteenth-Century Brazil

Using parish-level documents, this article analyzes the choices of baptismal godparents made by slaves in the Vila de Cabo Frio during the periods 1795–1810 and 1879–1885. The results are compared with those obtained in another slaveholding area with different characteristics of economic activity (Paraı́ba do Sul, 1870–1888), as well as with the work of other authors concerning the same theme. On small plantations, slaves tended to choose free godparents, whereas on large ones they chose slave godparents. Slave families tried to diversify their choices, uniting within their circle of compadrio, or godparentage, free persons, and slaves. These choices remained unaltered in the two periods studied. However, an important change occurred in the second half of the nineteenth century when a significant portion of slaves chose Catholic saints as godmothers. This pattern may reflect the penetration of this religion and an important indication of the internalization of its values.

Kinship Politics in Post-War Philippines: The Lopez Family, 1945–1989

On being awarded the Legion of Honor by President Corazon Aquino, Joaquin ‘Chino.’ Roces, publisher of The Manila Times, pleaded with the president:Please allow me to remind you, first. That our people brought a new government to power because our people felt an urgent need for change. That change was nothing more and nothing less than that of moving quickly into a new moral order. The people believed, and many of them still do, that when we said we would be the exact opposite of Marcos, we would be just that. Because of that promise which the people believed, our triumph over Marcos was anchored on a principle of morality . . . . To our people, I dare propose that new moral order is best appreciated in terms of our response to graft and corruption in public service. We cannot afford a government of thieves unless we can tolerate a nation of highwaymen.

Compadrazco et delicadeza dans la culture politique philippine

This paper explores the Filipinized versions of the Iberian concepts of compadrazco (ritual kinship) and delicadeza (noblesse oblige and the importance of being perceived as virtuous in matters of conflicts of interest) in the political culture of the Philippines through almost the entire 20th century. The survival of these concepts depended largely on their adjustment to the dominant culture of kinship politics (defined as utilizing political power for the benefit of the kinship group). Compadrazco thrived because it was compatible with kinship politics, but delicadeza, though held up as an ideal, became marginalized in both discourse and practice.

Women, Power and Kinship Politics: Female Power in Post-War Philippines

Women, Power and Kinship Politics: Female Power in Post-War Philippines

Women, power, and kinship politics: female power in post-war Philippines

Illustrations Introduction: Toward Engendering Philippine Post-War History and Politics Power Outside the Symbols of Power Women Politicians: Equal but Different? Women in Radical Politics Beauty Queen, Moral Guardian, Inang Bayan, and Militant Nun: Images of Female Power Conclusion: Empowering Women Bibliography Index

Sociology of Marriage and the Family: Gender, Love, and Property

1. Explaining Families. 2. The Social Ingredients of Families. 3. From Kinship Politics to Patriarchal Households. 4. The Love Revolution and the Rise of Feminism. 5. Twentieth-Century Families. 6. Families and Social Class. 7. Race, Ethnicity, and Families. 8. Love and Marriage Markets. 9. Erotic Ties: Marital and Non-Marital Sex. 10. Contraception, Childbearing, and Birth. 11. Housework, Power, and Marital Satisfaction. 12. Family Violence. 13. Divorce and Remarriage. 14. Life Transitions. 15. The Future of Families.

Sacred Acquisition: Andrianampoinimerina at Ambohimanga, 1777–1790

Between 1775 and 1810 Andrianampoinimerina laid the foundations of the Merina state which in subsequent decades was to rule most of Madagascar. Though various circumstances such as the development of irrigated riziculture and slavery, the monopoly of profits and of muskets from coastal trade, and the manipulation of ritual, contributed in part to the nascent monarchy's strength, they equally touched other political formations within Imerina and elsewhere and therefore do not explain why Andrianampoinimerina's organization endured while others did not. The distinctiveness of Andrianampoinimerina's case is revealed by returning to particular events, those culminating in his first successful attempt to rule at Ambohimanga in 1783. His success depended upon exploiting both good luck and pervasive kinship values which recognized individual financial prowess. Thus the resurgent trade with the east coast did not redefine Merina kinship. Rather, trade provided an expanded arena of economic activity in which Andrianampoinimerina demonstrated superior skill at kinship politics, expanding his kin group and assuming the role of sole mediator between the residents of Ambohimanga and their ancestors.

Imperial Dilemmas, the Politics of Kinship, and Inca Reconstructions of History

I am extremely fortunate to have discussed issues of hegemony, consciousness, and class transformations with Nan E. Woodruff, who brought Southern and European perspectives to my own Peru-centered understandings. Julie Saville, a scholar of emancipation and reconstruction in the United States, made me aware of the fine points of cultural resistance and taught me not to underestimate its strengths. Jane Collier also taught me much about chiefdoms and their internal tensions. And thanks to the anonymous reviewer for interesting and helpful suggestions. This article was presented in various incarnations at several professional gatherings. I am grateful to have benefited from the insights and criticisms of co-panel members and audience. “Contradictions in Inca Ideologies" was presented at the Sixteenth Annual Meeting of the Canadian Ethnology Society (Montreal, 1984); ‘Politics of Reproduction and Inca Expansion’ was pre- sented at the Annual Meeting of the American Ethnological Society (Wrightsville Beach, 1986); and ‘Politics of Reproduction and the Inca Construction of History’ was presented at the Symposium on Andean and Lowland South American Cosmologies, organized by the University of Chicago (Chicago, 1986). Generous grants from the Doherty Foundation, Wenner Gren Foundation, and Organization of American States allowed me to conduct research on the Incas in Peru from June 1975 to December 1978. I will always be grateful to them for affording me that special opportunity.

Kinship Politics in the Chilean Independence Movement

Kinship Politics in the Chilean Independence Movement

Kinship Politics in the Chilean Independence Movement

THE importance of the family in Latin American life goes unquestioned. Yet the political history of Latin America has often been written as if great events happened outside the home, while families stayed within it; or as if family influence in politics were too endemic, too unspoken, to have a history. On the other hand, histories of Latin American families have tended to demonstrate the importance of a particular line and of inherited characteristics, without analyzing the responsiveness between kinship and political systems. This essay examines one case during the independence period in Chile, that of elite families who won the right to imprint their values and the practices of kinship politics on the new nation. I am suggesting that the elite's use of family organization in the 1810 revolution altered the structure of authority between Chile and Spain, and at the same time set prototypes of authority between one Chilean and another. By tracing one strand which has been lost from the independence story-the influence of Chile's most important revolutionary family-I hope to show that kinship was involved in critical issues: the disputes over office-holding, the means of revolutionary organization, the substructure of political factions, and the metaphors of revolutionary ideology. Liberal and nationalist interpretations of Chilean independence have presumed that Creoles rebelled against Spain because they experienced discrimination in acquiring offices, and because they mea-

J. Van Velsen: The politics of kinship: a study in social manipulation among the Lakeside Tonga of Nyasaland. xxix, 338 pp., front., 7 plates. Manchester: Manchester University Press on behalf of the Rhodes-Livingstone Institute (University College of Rhodesia and Nyasaland), [1964]. 45s.

J. Van Velsen: The politics of kinship: a study in social manipulation among the Lakeside Tonga of Nyasaland. xxix, 338 pp., front., 7 plates. Manchester: Manchester University Press on behalf of the Rhodes-Livingstone Institute (University College of Rhodesia and Nyasaland), [1964]. 45s. - Volume 29 Issue 1

The Politics of Kinship: a study in social manipulation among the Lakeside Tonga of Nyasaland by J. van Velsen Manchester University Press for Rhodes-Livingstone Institute, 1964. Pp. xiv + 338. 45s.

The Politics of Kinship: a study in social manipulation among the Lakeside Tonga of Nyasaland by J. van Velsen Manchester University Press for Rhodes-Livingstone Institute, 1964. Pp. xiv + 338. 45s.