| Description |
ix, 314 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm |
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Oxford studies in social and cultural anthropology |
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Oxford studies in social and cultural anthropology.
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| Contents |
Pt. 1. Inside the House. 1. The House. 2. The Production of Children: House Cycles and Life Cycles. 3. Bodies within Bodies: The House and the Sibling Group. 4. The Substance of Kinship and the Heat of the Hearth -- Pt. 2. Outside the House. 5. The World Outside. 6. Between Houses: Visiting, Eating, and Feasting. 7. The Incorporation of Difference: Marriage. 8. Producing Similarity: Affinity and the Sharing of Grandchildren. 9. Coercive Incorporation: The Historical Construction of Community |
| Summary |
"The author offers an original and very personal investigation of the nature of kinship in Malaysia, based upon her own experience as a foster daughter in a family on the island of Langkawi. She shows that Malay kinship is a process, not a state: it is determined partly by birth, but also throughout life by living together and sharing food. The author gives the reader a fascinating "anthropology of everyday life," including a compelling view of gender relations; she urges reassessment of recent anthropological work on gender, and a new approach to the study of kinship." [publisher] |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [293]-304) and index |
| Subject |
Fishing villages -- Malaysia -- Langkawi Island (Kedah)
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Fishing villages -- Malaysia -- Langkawi Island
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Kinship -- Malaysia -- Langkawi Island (Kedah)
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Kinship -- Malaysia -- Langkawi Island
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| SUBJECT |
Langkawi Island (Kedah, Malaysia) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh90004673 -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008851
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Langkawi Island (Malaysia) -- Social life and customs
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Malaysia -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008115794
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| LC no. |
96035165 |
| ISBN |
0198280459 (hardcover : acid-free paper) |
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0198280467 (paperback: acid-free paper) |
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