Previous ed.: 2000.
1. Gender, reproduction, and kinship
What is kinship?
The kinship code
Key concepts
Kinship theory
Kinship and gender
Notes
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References
2. The evolution of kinship and gender
Kinship and evolutionary theory
Kin recognition
Case 1 : deaths in the families of chimps
Primate kinship
Primate gender
Kinship, gender, and human evolution
Incest and exogamy
Human kinship
Notes
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3. The power of patrilines
Lineage and clan
Patrilocality
Patrilineal procreation
Case 2 : the Nuer
Case 3 : Nepalese Brahmans
Contrasts and concerns
Notes
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References
4. Through the mother
The matrilineal puzzle
Case 4 : the Navajo
Case 5 : the Nayar
Matrilineal contrasts
Notes
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References
5. Double, bilateral, and cognatic descent
Double descent
Case 6 : the Beng
Bilateral societies
Cognatic descent
Case 7 : the Kwaio
Case 8 : the Huli
Descent, residence, and female pollution
Double and cognatic concerns
Notes
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6. Marriage
Monogamy, polygyny, and polyandry
Case 9 : Nyinba polyandry
Marriage and alliance
Exogamy and cross-cousin marriage
Exogamy and exchange : manipulating women?
Endogamy
Case 10 : the Julio-Claudians
Notes
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References
7. A history of Euro-American kinship and gender
Dowry and the double standard
From the Middle Ages to modern times
The North American experience
Case 11 : new and novel families
Notes
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References
8. Kinship, gender, and the new reproductive technologies : the beginning of the end?
The new reproductive technologies
Case 12 : new reproductive technologies in Israel
Social, legal, and moral implications
Kinship and gender
Continuities
Notes
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References
Appendix. Kinship terminology
Glossary.
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