Culture, Creation, and Procreation
| Author | : Monika Böck |
| Publisher | : Berghahn Books |
| Total Pages | : 414 |
| Release | : 2000 |
| ISBN-10 | : 1571819118 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9781571819116 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (116 Downloads) |
Download or read book Culture, Creation, and Procreation written by Monika Böck and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2000 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These 12 chapters discuss the constitution of kinship among different communities in South Asia and addressing the relationship between ideology and practice, cultural models, and individual strategies. Chapters center around three topics: community and person, gender and change, and shared knowledge and practice. The volume as a whole contributes to the on-going debate on models of well-being within kinship studies. Contributors include anthropologists from Europe, Asia, and the United States. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR