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"In this pithy two-part essay, Marshall Sahlins reinvigorates the debates on what constitutes kinship, building on some of the best scholarship in the field to produce an original outlook on the deepest bond humans can have. Covering thinkers from Aristotle and Lévy- Bruhl to Émile Durkheim and David Schneider, and communities from the Maori and the English to the Korowai of New Guinea, he draws on a breadth of theory and a range of ethnographic examples to form an acute definition of kinship, what he calls the "mutuality of being." Kinfolk are persons who are parts of one another to the extent that what happens to one is felt by the other. Meaningfully and emotionally, relatives live each other's lives and die each other's deaths. In the second part of his essay, Sahlins shows that mutuality of being is a symbolic notion of belonging, not a biological connection by "blood." Quite apart from relations of birth, people may become kin in ways ranging from sharing the same name or the same food to helping each other survive the perils of the high seas. In a groundbreaking argument, he demonstrates that even where kinship is reckoned from births, it is because the wider kindred or the clan ancestors are already involved in procreation, so that the notion of birth is meaningfully dependent on kinship rather than kinship on birth. By formulating this reversal, Sahlins identifies what kinship truly is: not nature, but culture."--Publisher's website.

Sociology of culture --- 392.3 --- Kinship. --- Ethnology --- Clans --- Consanguinity --- Families --- Kin recognition --- Familieleven. Familiesystemen. Gezinsleven. Matriarchaat. Patriarchaat. Kinship --- 392.3 Familieleven. Familiesystemen. Gezinsleven. Matriarchaat. Patriarchaat. Kinship --- Kinship --- Verwandtschaft. --- Fortpflanzung. --- Eheschlie�ung. --- Genetik. --- Ahnenkult. --- Vaterschaft. --- Solidarität. --- Verwantschap. --- Philosophy.

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"The Routledge History of Childhood in the Western World" provides an important overview of the main themes surrounding the history of childhood in the West from antiquity to the present day. By broadly incorporating the research in the field of Childhood Studies, the book explores the major advances that have taken place in the past few decades in this crucial field. The volume is composed of three parts. The first part explores childhood from the Ancient World through to the Middle Ages and Early Modern Europe. The second part examines the fundamental aspects of childhood and the life of children in the West since 1600. The essays address issues such as family, work, law, sexuality, and consumption. The chapters think beyond national and continental boundaries so that readers are informed about general trends in the West, while still alert to differences in gender, class, race, and time. The final part focuses on aspects of children's experiences in the modern world. This section explains how childhoods have developed in distinct contexts and among specific children by using the growing literature on modern childhoods in various locales and at particular historical moments. Including essays on all the key topics and issues, "The Routledge History of Childhood in the Western World" will define how the history of children and childhood can best be understood, in the longue durée and comparatively, while still acknowledging the importance of and encouraging scholarship on specific groups, periods, places, and life course divisions. This important collection from a leading international group of scholars presents a comprehensive survey of the current state of the field. It will be essential reading for all those interested in the history of childhood.

Children --- History. --- History of civilization --- Age group sociology --- Western Europe --- North America --- 392.3 <09> --- Childhood --- Kids (Children) --- Pedology (Child study) --- Youngsters --- 392.3 <09> Familieleven. Familiesystemen. Gezinsleven. Matriarchaat. Patriarchaat. Kinship--Geschiedenis van ... --- Familieleven. Familiesystemen. Gezinsleven. Matriarchaat. Patriarchaat. Kinship--Geschiedenis van ... --- Age groups --- Families --- Life cycle, Human --- History --- Familieleven. Familiesystemen. Gezinsleven. Matriarchaat. Patriarchaat. Kinship--Geschiedenis van .. --- Enfants --- Histoire --- Children. --- Western countries. --- Histoire. --- Familieleven. Familiesystemen. Gezinsleven. Matriarchaat. Patriarchaat. Kinship--Geschiedenis van .

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Families --- Gentry --- Marriage --- Real estate management --- Sex role --- Women in real estate --- 392.3 "18/19" --- 392.3 <47> --- Real estate business --- Property management --- Apartment houses --- Housing --- Office buildings --- Married life --- Matrimony --- Nuptiality --- Wedlock --- Love --- Sacraments --- Betrothal --- Courtship --- Home --- Honeymoons --- Gentry, Landed --- Landed gentry --- Squires --- Upper class --- Family --- Family life --- Family relationships --- Family structure --- Relationships, Family --- Structure, Family --- Social institutions --- Birth order --- Domestic relations --- Households --- Kinship --- Matriarchy --- Parenthood --- Patriarchy --- 392.3 <47> Familieleven. Familiesystemen. Gezinsleven. Matriarchaat. Patriarchaat. Kinship--Rusland --- Familieleven. Familiesystemen. Gezinsleven. Matriarchaat. Patriarchaat. Kinship--Rusland --- 392.3 "18/19" Familieleven. Familiesystemen. Gezinsleven. Matriarchaat. Patriarchaat. Kinship--Hedendaagse Tijd --- Familieleven. Familiesystemen. Gezinsleven. Matriarchaat. Patriarchaat. Kinship--Hedendaagse Tijd --- History --- Social life and customs --- Social aspects --- Social conditions --- Chikhachev family. --- Gender role --- Sex (Psychology) --- Sex differences (Psychology) --- Social role --- Gender expression --- Sexism --- Gender roles --- Gendered role --- Gendered roles --- Role, Gender --- Role, Gendered --- Role, Sex --- Roles, Gender --- Roles, Gendered --- Roles, Sex --- Sex roles