What We Know and What We Don’t Know About Variation in Social Organization
Melvin Ember’s Approach to the Study of Kinship
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7738783 |
|---|---|
| Authors | C R Ember (0000-0002-8725-1691, Human Relations Area Files at Yale University,, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 16-36 |
| Publication date | 2011-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cross-Cultural Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1069-3971 • E-ISSN: 1552-3578 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1069397110383947 |
| OpenAlex | W1988082370 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 31 |
Focusing on Melvin Ember’s kinship interests, this article tries to summarize what we know and don’t know about the conditions favoring different aspects of cultural variation in kinship and social organization. What explains the incest taboo and its variable extensions to cousin marriage? What explains marriage? What explains variation in marital residence patterns? Why polygyny versus monogamy? Why are family households extended or independent? Why do unilineal descent groups form
Genealogy · Kinship · Polygyny · Population · Residence · Sociology · Taboo · Variation (astronomy · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Anthropology · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Demography · Gender Studies · History · Land Rights and Reforms
Woman the gatherer
A critical period for provisioning by Hadza men
Comparing Explanations of Polygyny
Warfare, Sex Ratio, and Polygyny
Rethinking Polygyny
Coevolution
Male-Fenlale Bonding
On the Origin and Extension of the Incest Taboo
An Evaluation of Alternative Theories of Matrilocal Versus Patrilocal Residence
The Conditions That May Favor Avunculocal Residence
Comparative Studies of North American Indians
Migration, External Warfare, and Matrilocal Residence
Residential Variation among Hunter-Gatherers
Cultural Trait Transmission and Missing Data as Sources of Bias in Cross-Cultural Survey Research
Division of Labor by Gender and Postmarital Residence in Cross-Cultural Perspective
Multiple Imputation of Missing Data in Cross-Cultural Samples
War, Peace, and Marital Residence in Pre-Industrial Societies
On the Development of Unilineal Descent
The Conditions Favoring Matrilocal Versus Patrilocal Residence
The Segmentary Lineage
The Elementary Structures of Kinship
On the Conditions Favoring Extended Family Households
On Hunting and Virilocality
Marital Residence among Foragers
Societal Complexity and Familial Complexity
Types of Family and Types of Economy
| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 0,63 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2026 (9) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |