Categories of relatedness
Rituals as a form of classification in a central Indian society
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3864396 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Roland Hardenberg (Roland Josef Hardenberg is Professor at the Asia-Orient Institute, Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, University of Tuebingen, Germany., corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 61-87 |
| Publication date | 2009-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Contributions to Indian Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0069-9659 • E-ISSN: 0069-9667 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/006996670904300103 |
| OpenAlex | W2099613054 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 17 |
The distinction between supposedly static and formal 'old' approaches to the study of kinship and Janet Carsten's 'new' study of 'relatedness' is examined. Her shift towards a broader understanding of 'kinship' has the positive effect of elucidating a number of 'tropes' for the construction of such relatedness. However, her simultaneous deconstruction of all classic conceptions of kinship neglects central dimensions of social life such as relationship terminologies and marriage rules. In discussing forms of relatedness among the Dongria Kond, a so-called Scheduled Tribe inhabiting the highlands of Orissa (India), I argue that studies of the emotional and practical aspects of kinship should not supersede the formal aspects of rules and classification but rather complement them. In the ethnographic context, all dimensions and expressions of relatedness merit anthropological inquiry. By combining classic approaches and the study of cultural ideas concerning 'kinship' the multiple dimen-sions of relatedness-as encountered in the field-may be conceptionalised
Context (archaeology · Epistemology · Ethnography · Field (mathematics · Genealogy · Geography · Kinship · Sociology · Tribe · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Anthropology · History · Mathematics · Philosophy · South Asian Studies and Conflicts · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies
Cultures of Relatedness
Kinship Studies in the Morgan Centennial Year
Toward an anthropology of women.
Polythetic Classification
Rethinking Kinship and Marriage
A Critique of the Study of Kinship
About the House
Prescription
Art. XII.—An Account of the Religion of the Khonds in Orissa
The dreaded Danteswari
Kinship and marriage
Myths of Middle India
American Kinship
Until Death Do Us Part
Yap Kinship Terminology and Kin Groups
Lineage Theory
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,1 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2016 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |