Rethinking Anthropology: Volume 22

by E. R. Leach

Overview

A collection of brilliant and provocative essays from Edmund Leach, one of the most original voices in the social anthropological tradition.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781000324303
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	01/07/2021
Series:	LSE Monographs on Social Anthropology
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	256
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Edmund. R. Leach (Author)

Table of Contents

I, RETHINKING ANTHROPOLOGY 2. JINGHPAW KINSHIP TERMINOLOGY 3· THE STRUCTURAL IMPLICATIONS OF MATRILATERAL CROSS-COUSIN MARRIAGE 4· POLYANDRY, INHERITANCE AND THE DEFINITION OF MARRIAGE: WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO SINHALESE CUSTOMARY LAW 5· ASPECTS OF BRIDEWEALTH AND MARRIAGE STABILITY AMONG THE KACHIN AND LAKHER 6. TWO ESSAYS CONCERNING THE SYMBOLIC REPRESENTATION OF TIME