Descent, Alliance, and Political Order among Akha
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 2467861 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Cornelia Ann Kammerer (Brandeis University, autor de correspondencia) |
| Año | 1998 |
| Volumen | 25 |
| Número | 4 |
| Páginas | 659-674 |
| Fecha de publicación | 1998-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | Sí |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | American Ethnologist (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 0094-0496 • E-ISSN: 1548-1425 |
| Editorial | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1525/ae.1998.25.4.659 |
| OpenAlex | W1969399380 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citas recibidas | 9 |
| Referencias citadas | 24 |
This article explores the way patrilineal descent and affinity intersect and interlock with the political system among Tibeto-Burman-speaking Akha highlanders of mainland Southeast Asia. In contrast to Leach's famous work on the Kachin of Burma, the Akha case suggests that asymmetric alliance is not only compatible with egalitarian political organization but can also be constitutive of it. Uncovering the cultural nexus between descent and affinity and the structural linkage between asymmetric alliance and political egalitarianism requires a kinship analysis that is also an analysis of local constructions of gender, [kinship, asymmetric alliance, gender, political systems, comparison, Southeast Asia, Akha
Alliance · Clan · Egalitarianism · Ethnology · Geography · Kinship · Mainland · Nexus (standard · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Anthropology · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · Cambodian History and Society · Gender Studies · Law · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies
The Relevance of Models for Social Anthropology
Gender and kinship
Kinship, Descent and Alliance among the Karo Batak
The Elementary Structures of Kinship
The Genealogical Patronymic Linkage System of The Tibeto-Burman Speaking Tribes
Descent, Filiation and Affinity
A Note on Some Forms of Kinship Structure1
An analytical note on the Kom of Manipur
Circulating connubium in Eastern Sumba
Kinship and marriage
Southeast Asian Tribes, Minorities and Nations
Ethnic Adaptation and Identity
Political Systems of Highland Burma
Ethnicities and Nations
On Chin and Kachin Marriage Regulations
Customs and Christian conversion among Akha highlanders of Burma and Thailand
Merit and Blessing in Mainland Southeast Asia in Comparative Perspective
Ethnic Identification in a Complex Civilization
Chawte Social Structure
A Structural Analysis of Purum Society
Monument Building
Prescriptive Marriage Systems
Vaiphei Social Structure
The Frontiers of 'Burma
| Obras citantes distintas | 9 |
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| Citas por año | 0,39 |
| Intervalo de citas | 2003 - 2026 (24) |
| Velocidad de citación | current |
| Altamente citado | No |
| Tipos de cita | Neutras: 9 |