Terminology and “structure
The Dieri case
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7434673 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Francis Korn (1. [email protected], corresponding author) |
| Year | 1971 |
| Volume | 127 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 39-81 |
| Publication date | 1971-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Bijdragen tot de taal- land- en volkenkunde / Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences of Southeast Asia (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0006-2294 • E-ISSN: 2213-4379 |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/22134379-90002791 |
| OpenAlex | W2037222390 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 14 |
Ies Structures élémentaires de la parentê, by Claude Lévi-Strauss, | I is generally considered not only as one of the pivots in modern anthropological theary but also as a masterpiece of empirical analysis.The recent English edition of the book (Lévi-Strauss, 1969) makes especially relevant the task of assessing its actual virtues.We intend to do so here by considering one of the analyses Lévi-Strauss undertakes.We have chosen the Dieri case in particular because of its importance in earlier anthropological works, and because of the "anomalous" character that Lévi-Strauss ascribes to it. 1 As in the case of Wikmunkan society (Lévi-Strauss, 1949, pp.246-251), 2 Lévi-Strauss considers the Dieri system as an example of transition from "generalized" (asymmetrie) exchange to "restricted" (symmetrie) exchange (Lévi-Strauss, 1949, pp.260-262).The Dieri system presents, according to Lévi-Strauss, great analytical difficulties, mainly due to the faot that it exhibits the "structure" of a tnoiety system and the rule of marriage corresponding to a so-called Aranda system (eight sections), namely marriage with the mother's mother's brother's daughter's daughter, or, in general, marriage between children of first cross-cousins, with prohibition of marriage between first cross-cousins (Lévi-Strauss, 1949, p. 256). 3On the other hand, and in spite of Radcliffe-Brown's efforts, the Dieri system cannot be treated as an Aranda system, says Lévi-Strauss, because it is only "apparently
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The Relationship System of the Dieri Tribe
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,02 |
| Citation span | 1974 - 1974 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |