Descent and Marriage Reconsidered

Datos Bibliográficos

ID23246724
AutoresF Barth (0000-0002-9499-2762, University of Bergen, autor de correspondencia)
Año1974
Páginas3-20
Fecha de publicación1974-01-03
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoCHAPTER
RevistaCharacter of Kinship (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditorialCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/cbo9780511621697.003
OpenAlexW626278044
ISBN9780511621697
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas14

A reconsideration of some of the themes from the debate on descent and filiation, so prominently shaped by Meyer Fortes over a number of years (Fortes 1953 a, 1959 a. 1969) may serve as a fitting tribute to a teacher and senior colleague. My approach in the following departs from the main trend in this debate in two respects: I give greater attention to how native concepts and social groups are shaped by interaction and experience, rather than how they constitute cognitive schemata; and I introduce some further materials, mainly on Middle Eastern systems, into the discussion. By these means I hope to contribute to the debate on the nature of kinship, descent and filiation, and to shed some light on the properties of the Middle Eastern systems.

African descent · Archaeology · Cognition · Descent (aeronautics) · Epistemology · Genealogy · Geography · Kinship · Sociology · Tribute · African history and culture analysis · Anthropology · History · Islamic Studies and History · Philosophy · Psychology