Once More to the Fray
Further Reflections on Navajo Kinship and Residence
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2997210 |
|---|---|
| Authors | William Y Adams (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1983 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 393-414 |
| Publication date | 1983-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| 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.39.4.3629864 |
| OpenAlex | W853831371 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 14 |
Anthropologists have puzzled over the seeming "fuzziness" in Navajo social organization for more than forty years. Because Navajos belong to matrilineal clans, it has usually been assumed that the smaller and more localized units of social organization also have a matrilineal basis. However, data from the western Navajo community of Shonto clearly show that this is not the case. Coresident and cooperating kin groups are the product not of formal descent rules but of situational residence decisions that are more or less unpredictable. Published data from other studies suggests that the same is true in many Navajo communities. It is argued that Navajo cooperating groups must be understood as ancestor-based, not as unilineal descent groups. This finding is congruent with many other recent critiques of lineage theory
Ancestor · Archaeology · Clan · Descent (aeronautics) · Ethnology · Genealogy · Geography · Kinship · Navajo · Residence · Situational ethics · Social organization · Sociology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Anthropology · Demography · History · Philosophy · Psychology · Race, Genetics, and Society · Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology · Social Psychology
To run after them
Hierarchy and Marriage Alliance in South Indian Kinship
Kinship and marriage among the Nuer
Kinship and Social Organization
The Origin of the State
A Problem of Anthropological Approach
Navajo Coresidential Kin Groups and Lineages
Yet Another Reanalysis of the Navajo Outfit
The Social Organization of the Indians of North America
The Navajo Mountain Community
African Models in the New Guinea Highlands
Shonto Revisited
A New Look at Navajo Social Organization1
Lineage Theory
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,03 |
| Citation span | 1989 - 1989 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |