The elementary structures of kinship : (Les structures élémentaires de la parenté).

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Analysis of systems of kinship and marriage; Part 2; deals exclusively with Aboriginal societies though references are made to them throughout the book; Detailed analysis of kinship and marriage, local groups, sections, subsections and moieties as well as kinship terminologies of the following group...

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Uniform Title:Structures élémentaires de la parenté. English
Main Author: Lévi-Strauss, Claude
Language:English
French
Published: London : Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1969.
Edition:Revised edition;
Subjects:
Marriage.
Kinship.
Ethnology.
Physical Description:xlii, 541 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Format: Book
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Analysis of systems of kinship and marriage; Part 2; deals exclusively with Aboriginal societies though references are made to them throughout the book; Detailed analysis of kinship and marriage, local groups, sections, subsections and moieties as well as kinship terminologies of the following groups; Dieri, Aranda, Aluridja, Aranbana, Karadjeri, kariera, Murngin, Murinbata, Nangiomeri, Mara, Wikmunkan; Yir Yoront, Kandju, Tiwi, also mentions Ungarinyin, Yaralde, Birargumat & Djuamat; Mathematical analysis of Murngin by Weil and letter from Radcliffe-Brown on Australian systems annotated separately.
Call Number:GN480 .L413
Bibliography Note:Bibliography: pages 503-524.