Kinship in Bali /Hildred Geertz.
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TextPublisher number: Donated by Prof. Romila ThaparPublication details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press , 1975.Description: viii, 215p. : 24cmSubject(s): DDC classification: - 301.42 GEE
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Notes | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prof. Romila Thapar's Collection | SNU LIBRARY | 301.42 GEE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | Prof. Romila Thapar Collection | G6655 |
This work constitutes the first book-length examination of Balinese kinship in English and an important theoretical analysis of the central ethnographic concept of "kinship system." Hildred and Clifford Geertz's findings challenge the prevailing anthropological notion of a kinship system as an autonomous set of institutionalized social relationships. Their research in Bali suggests that kinship cannot be studied in isolation but must be perceived as a symbolic subsystem governed by ideas and beliefs unique to each culture.
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