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082			_a392.32 FOX
100			_aFox, Robin.
245			_aKinship & Marriage _b: An Anthropological Perspective _c/ Robin Fox.
260			_aCambridge ; New York _b: Cambridge University Press _c, 1983, ©1967.
300			_a273 pages _b: illustrations _c ; 20 cm.
365			_b2487
505			_aKinship, family, and descent -- The incest problem -- Local groups and descent groups -- Unilineal descent groups -- Segmentation and double descent -- Cognatic descent and ego-centred groups -- Exogamy and direct exchange -- Asymmetrical and complex systems -- Kinship terminology.
520			_aRobin Fox's study of systems of kinship and alliance has become an established classic of the social science literature. It has been praised above all for its liveliness of style and clarity of exposition in an area that students and general readers have found difficult to master. It was the first attempt to produce an overview of this central subject and has maintained its unique position over the years. Fox's reconciliation of 'descent' and 'alliance' theories, and his 'deductive' approach to the logic of kinship systems based on four universal premises, give the book its distinctive flavour and make it not only the best available introductory text but a contribution to theory in its own right. It has been used throughout the world as an introduction for both academic and lay readers and has been translated into numerous languages.
650			_aKinship & marriage.
655			_aAnthropology, Cultural.
655			_aMarriage.
700			_aRobin Fox.
942			_cBOOK