Vital Relations : Modernity and the Persistent Life of Kinship /

"For more than 150 years, theories of social evolution, development, and modernity have been unanimous in their assumption that kinship organizes simpler, "traditional," pre-state societies but not complex, "modern," state societies. And these theories have been unanimous in...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: McKinnon, Susan, 1949-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Santa Fe : SAR Press, School for Advanced Research Press, [2013]
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Ehe
Familie
Verwandtschaft
Soziokultureller Wandel
Outsourcing
Sozioökonomischer Wandel
Moderne
Kinship.
Parente > Études transculturelles.
Kinship > Cross-cultural studies.
USA
Malaysia
Indien
Argentinien
Madagascar
Mahore
China
Cross-cultural studies.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"For more than 150 years, theories of social evolution, development, and modernity have been unanimous in their assumption that kinship organizes simpler, "traditional," pre-state societies but not complex, "modern," state societies. And these theories have been unanimous in their presupposition that within modern state-based societies kinship has been relegated to the domestic domain, has lost its economic and political functions, has retained no organizing force in modern political and economic structures and processes, and has become secularized and rationalized. Vital Relations challenges these notions. It will be of interest to anyone who wishes to gain a different perspective on the concept of modernity itself, and on the place of kinship and "family" in modern life."--pub. desc.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (360 pages): illustrations ;
ISBN:9781938645068

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