1st Edition

Rethinking Anthropology Volume 22

By E. R. Leach Copyright 1966
    154 Pages
    by Routledge

    154 Pages
    by Routledge

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

    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

    Biography

    Edmund. R. Leach (Author)