Title: The heat of the hearth
First published: 1997
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.
Subjects: Social life and customs, Fishing villages, Kinship, Malaysia, social conditions, Villages, malaysia, Kinship--malaysia--langkawi island (kedah), Fishing villages--malaysia--langkawi island (kedah), Gn635.m4 c39 1997, 306.83/09595/1
Places: Malaysia, Langkawi Island (Kedah)
LC classification: GN635.M4 C39 1997