Relationships, Residence and the Individual: A Rural Panamanian Community

by Stephen Gudeman

Overview

Representing a departure from traditional studies of social organisation, the book asserts that a kinship system is best understood as a system of concepts rather than as a set of empirical relationships. Three aspects of life in the Panamanian community of Los Boquerones are described
First published in 1976.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781136544248
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/11/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	296
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Stephen Gudeman

Table of Contents

1. The country, people and problem2. Village life and ties to the larger society3. Economic organization4. God, the devil and the saints5. The individual6. The household7. The household and the elementary family8. From natal to conjugal household9. Forms of conjugal relations 10. Conjugal instability11. Extra-domestic kinship and affinity12. Forming the 'compadrazgo'13. The structure of 'compadrazgo'14. Relationships, residence, religion and the individual