Another Explanation for Bifurcate Generation Kinship Nomenclature
The Binumarien Case
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2995406 |
|---|---|
| Authors | K Hawkes (0000-0002-0558-4856, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1978 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 369-391 |
| Publication date | 1978-10-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Anthropological Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0091-7710 • E-ISSN: 2153-3806 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/jar.34.3.3629784 |
| OpenAlex | W2332005735 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
Gertrude Dole has recently (1969) drawn attention to birfurcate generation kinship nomenclature, her label for a terminology type that has received little attention in the literature though it is common in the world. She has demonstrated a strong association between this nomenclature system and local or kin group endogamy, and explained that association by referring to the Kuikuru Case. That explanation seems to have limited application, however. Kinship arrangements in Binumarien, a community in the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea, are reported with an explanation for bifurcate generation kin terminology arising from this case. This explanation draws on insights from the "alliance theory" of Levi-Strauss, and emphasizes the organizational implications of the absence of corporate exogamous segments in the arrangement of marriages
Alliance · Association (psychology) · Biology · Endogamy · Epistemology · Ethnic group · Genealogy · Kinship · Linguistics · Nomenclature · Political science · Sociology · Taxonomy (biology) · Terminology · Zoology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Anthropology · Asian Studies and History · History · Island Studies and Pacific Affairs · Law · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.05 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1983 - 1989 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |