The heat of the hearth
Subtitle: the process of kinship in a Malay fishing community
By: Janet Carsten.
Series: Oxford studies in social and cultural anthropology
Publisher: Clarendon Press; Oxford University Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 314
Subjects: Kinship -- Malaysia -- Langkawi Island (Kedah); Fishing villages -- Malaysia -- Langkawi Island (Kedah); Langkawi Island (Kedah) -- Social life and customs; Malaysia -- Social life and customs
Description: "Janet Carsten offers an original and very personal investigation of the nature of kinship in Malaysia, based upon her own experience as a foster daughter in a family on the island of Langkawi. She shows that Malay kinship is a process, not a state: it is determined partly by birth, but also throughout life by living together and sharing food. Carsten gives the reader a fascinating "anthropology of everyday life," including a compelling view of gender relations; she urges reassessment of recent anthropological work on gender, and a new approach to the study of kinship"--Publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-304) and index.