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Relationships, Residence and the Individual

Relationships, Residence and the Individual

Stephen Gudeman

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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Año de edición:
2015
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Antropología
ISBN:
9781138861992
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Representing a departure from traditional studies of social organisation, the book asserts that a kinship system is best understood as a system of concepts rather than as a set of empirical relationships.

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