Conceptions of kinship

Title
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Copyright
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Contents......Page 4
Preface
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Introduction: Popular and Legal Conceptions of Kinship......Page 10
Historical Backgrounds of Kinship Models......Page 29
Kinship Classification and Social Context......Page 43
Cognitive Kinship Maps: A Serendipitous Finding......Page 54
Variations in Kinship Distances: Fundamental or Superficial?......Page 77
Family of Orientation......Page 112
Family of Procreation......Page 130
Relatives and Strangers......Page 165
THE KINSHIP GRID......Page 196
KINSHIP MODELS AND SOCIAL SETTINGS......Page 201
KINSHIP MODELS AND OTHER PERSPECTIVES......Page 205
The Parsons Conception......Page 206
The Litwak Conception......Page 207
The Schneider Conception......Page 208
Comparison with Standard American Model......Page 209
Permanent availability and kinship orientation
......Page 211
KINSHIP ORIENTATION and COMMUNAL STRUCTURES......Page 214
COMPONENTS in MEASURES OF COLLATERALITY......Page 216
A BRIEF EPILOGUE: MODELS OF COLLATERALITY AND SECULAR IMMORTALITY......Page 220
Appendix A Multiple Regression Analysis......Page 223
Appendix B Method of Data Collection......Page 231
References......Page 241
Index......Page 252