Kinship, law and the unexpected : relatives are always a surprise /

Examines Euro-American kinship as the kinship of a specifically knowledge-based society.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Strathern, Marilyn
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
Subjects:
Kinship.
Kinship (Law)
Domestic relations.
Parenté.
Parenté (Droit)
Familles > Droit.
kinship.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > Marriage & Family.
Domestic relations
Kinship
Verwandtschaft
Direito de família.
Família (aspectos legais;sociologia)
Parentesco.
Relações familiares.
Antropologia cultural e social.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Part I. Divided origins. Introduction: Divided origins
  • Relatives are always a surprise: biotechnololgy in an age of individualism
  • Embedded science
  • Emergent properties
  • Part II. The arithmetic of ownership. Introduction: The arithmetic of ownership
  • The patent and the Malanggan
  • Losing (out on) intellectual resources
  • Divided origins and the arithmetic of ownership.

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