| Kinship, Law and the Unexpected: Relatives Are Always a Surprise Contributor(s): Strathern, Marilyn (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521615097 ISBN-13: 9780521615099 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $28.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2005 Annotation: Marilyn Strathern takes up an issue at the heart of studies of society--anthropologists using relationships to uncover relationships. The role of relations in western (Euro-American) knowledge practices, from the scientific revolution onwards, raises a question about the extent to which Euro-American kinship is the kinship of a knowledge-based society. This argument takes the reader through current issues in biotechnology, new family formations and legal interventions, as well as intellectual property debates, to matters of personhood and ownership afforded by material from Melanesia and elsewhere. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Social Science | Sociology - Marriage & Family |
| Dewey: 306.83 |
| LCCN: 2005000153 |
| Physical Information: 0.57" H x 6.46" W x 8.92" (0.72 lbs) 240 pages |
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Contributor Bio(s): Strathern, Marilyn: - Marilyn Strathern is William Wyse Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Cambridge and Mistress of Girton College, Cambridge. She has carried out fieldwork over several years in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea (Melanesia). She is the author of several works including Kinship at the Core, After Nature and Property, Substance and Effect. |