Kinship in Bali - Softcover

Geertz, Hildred; Geertz, Clifford; Geertz, Hidred

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0226285162 ISBN 13: 9780226285160

Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 1978

Synopsis

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.

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From the Back Cover:

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.'

About the Author:

Clifford Geertz (1926-2006) was a cultural anthopologist. At the time of his death he was professor emeritus at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. He was professor of anthropology at the University of Chicago from 1960 to 1970. He carried out fieldwork in Indonesia and North Africa, which forms the basis of his books published by the University of Chiocago Press.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Publication date: 1978
• ISBN 10: 0226285162
• ISBN 13: 9780226285160
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 228