UID:
almafu_9959236119402883
Umfang:
1 online resource (281 p.)
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-136-53976-X
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1-136-53969-7
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1-315-01762-8
Serie:
Social and cultural anthropology ; II
Inhalt:
There has been much discussion in recent years about the construction of theoretical models useful in the explanation of particular areas of social organization. This volume charts that discussion and its results and covers a wide ethnographic range from the Pacific Island of Truk through African pastoral societies, south-east Asia and Hong Kong, back to Polynesia.〈BR〉 First published in 1965.
Anmerkung:
First published in 1965.
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page ; Table of Contents; Introduction ; Rethinking 'Status' and 'Role': Toward a General Model of the Cultural Organization of Social Relationships; Introductory comment; The point of departure; Rights and duties; Social identities; Identity selection; Identity relationships and status relationships; The analysis of statuses; An example from Truk 1; Composite statuses; Roles; Feasibility of the method; Duty scales as instruments of social analysis; Notes; References; Some Muddles in the Models: or, How the System really Works; Part one. Alliance
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Part two. SegmentsPart three. Choice and Needham's typology; Part four. Conclusion; Notes; Acknowledgements; References; Problems in the Comparative Study of Unilineal Descent; I Introduction; II Descent in segmentary lineage societies; III The range of genealogical ascription; IV The maximum corporate grouping ; V The uniqueness of descent as an organizing principle; VI The factorization of descent; VII Lineage organization in states; VIII The consistency of the descent principle and the loyalties created by it pagel; IX Conclusions; Notes; References
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Varieties of the Conscious Model: The Fishermen of South ChinaIntroduction; The first problem; Preliminary discussion; Illustration: The South China fishermen; The second problem: What is a 'conscious model'; Further illustration; The process of assimilation; Summary and conclusion; References; On the Sociology of Primitive Exchange; I Material flow and social relations; II A scheme of reciprocities; l . Generalized reciprocity, the solidary extreme; 2. Balanced reciprocity, the midpoint; 3. Negative reciprocity, the unsociable extreme; III Reciprocity and kinship distance
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IV Reciprocity and kinship rankV Reciprocity and wealth; VI Reciprocity and food; VII On balanced reciprocity; l. Formal friendship or kinship; 2 . Affirmation of corporate alliances; 3 . Peace-making; 4. Martial alliance; VIII An afterthought; Appendix A Notes on reciprocity and kinship distance; Appendix B Notes on reciprocity and kinship rank; Appendix C Notes on reciprocity and wealth; Notes; Acknowledgements; References; Notes on Contributors
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English
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0-415-86655-3
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0-415-33027-0
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.4324/9781315017624
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