Kinship in Bali
Geertz, Hildred. Geertz, Clifford.
Kinship in Bali /Hildred Geertz. - Chicago : University of Chicago Press , 1975. - viii, 215p. : 24cm.
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.
Donated by Prof. Romila Thapar
Kinship
Kinship in Bali
Balinese kinship in English
301.42 GEE
Kinship in Bali /Hildred Geertz. - Chicago : University of Chicago Press , 1975. - viii, 215p. : 24cm.
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.
Donated by Prof. Romila Thapar
Kinship
Kinship in Bali
Balinese kinship in English
301.42 GEE
