The metamorphoses of kinship /
Godelier, Maurice.
Scott, Nora.
London : Verso Books,
2011.
Translation of: Métamorphoses de la parenté.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Kinship in the field: the Baruya of New Guinea -- The components of kinship -- Filiation and descent (first component) -- Alliance and residence (second and third components) -- Kinship terminologies (fourth component) -- The functions and field of parenthood -- Begetting ordinary humans (fifth component 1) -- Begetting extraordinary humans (fifth component 2) -- The sexed body: a ventriloquist's dummy that gives voice to the order or the disorder of society and the cosmos -- Incest (sixth component): and a few other misuses of sex -- Concerning the origins and the basis of the incest taboo: Freud and Lévi-Strauss -- Proposals for a different scenario -- Of the past, we cannot make a clean state: assessing the theories -- Conclusion: what future for what kin ties?
Families.
Parenthood.
Social structure.