Main entry:

Godelier, Maurice.

Title & Author:

The metamorphoses of kinship / Maurice Godelier ; translated by Nora Scott.

Publication:

London ; New York : Verso Books, ©2011.

Description:

638 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Kinship in the field : the Baruya of New Guinea -- The components of kinship -- Filiation and descent (first component) -- Alliance and residence (second and third components) -- Kinship terminologies (fourth component) -- The functions and field of parenthood -- Begetting ordinary humans (fifth component 1) -- Begetting extraordinary humans (fifth component 2) -- The sexed body : a ventriloquist's dummy that gives voice to the order or the disorder of society and the cosmos -- Incest (sixth component): and a few other misuses of sex -- Concerning the origins and the basis of the incest taboo : Freud and Lévi-Strauss -- Proposals for a different scenario -- Of the past, we cannot make a clean state : assessing the theories -- Conclusion : what future for what kin ties?
Translation of: Métamorphoses de la parenté.

Summary:

"With marriage in decline, divorce on the rise, the demise of the nuclear family, and the increase in marriages and adoptions among same-sex partners, it is clear that the structures of kinship in the modern West are in a state of flux. In the Metamorphoses of Kinship, the world-renowned anthropologist Maurice Godelier contextualizes these developments, surveying the accumulated experience of humanity with regard to such phenomena as the organization of lines of descent, sexuality and sexual prohibitions. In parallel, Godelier studies the evolution of Western conjugal and familial traditions from their roots in the nineteenth century to the present. The conclusion he draws is that it is never the case that a man and a woman are sufficient on their own to raise a child, and nowhere are relations of kinship or the family the keystone of society. Godelier argues that the changes of the last thirty years do not herald the disappearance or death agony of kinship, but rather its remarkable metamorphosis--one that, ironically, is bringing us closer to the 'traditional' societies studied by ethnologists."--Jacket.

Resources:
Table of contents
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

9781844677467 (paperback)
184467746X (paperback)

Subject:

Čubrilović Familie : 19. Jh.-
Families.
Parenthood.
Social structure.
Nuclear families.
Marriage.
Parenting.
Social values.
Family
Family Relations
Social Values
Nuclear Family
Familles.
Condition de parents.
Structure sociale.
Mariage.
Rôle parental.
Valeurs sociales.
social structure.
Verwandtschaft
Verwandtschaftssystem
Ethnologie
Släktskapsförhållanden.
Familjer.
Föräldraskap.
Sociala strukturer.
Kinship
Social evolution
Social change

Added entries:

Scott, Nora, translator.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 307217
Call No.: BIB 252705
Status: Available