Scholasticism versus Discovery in Kinship Studies: Review of Maurice Godelier's The Metamorphoses of Kins

Authors

  • Warren Shapiro Rutgers University

Keywords:

kinship, extensionism, typology vs. discovery, alliance theory, descent theory

Abstract

Maurice Godelier's supposedly comprehensive treatment of kinship studies is in fact decidedly truncated: it derivesless from an earnest concern with kinship as a human phenomenon and more from established conventions of textbook writing. In particular, it overemphasizes typologies derived from alliance theory and descent theory and, at the same time, pays almost no attention to real discoveries, particularly concerning kinship semantics and the genesis of incest taboos.

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Published

2015-04-30

How to Cite

Shapiro, W. (2015). Scholasticism versus Discovery in Kinship Studies: Review of Maurice Godelier’s The Metamorphoses of Kins. Anthropologica, 57(1), 247–260. Retrieved from https://cas-sca.journals.uvic.ca/index.php/anthropologica/article/view/528

Issue

Vol. 57 No. 1 (2015): Kinship Travel: Relatedness through International Tourism and Travel Networks

Section

Review Essays

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Copyright (c) 2015 Warren Shapiro

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