{"product_id":"australian-kin-classification-paperback-9780521040525","title":"Australian Kin Classification (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521040525","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAustralian Kin Classification\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis study aims to resolve the century-old debate about the nature of Australian aboriginal societies.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eHarold W. Scheffler (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521040525, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 17 September 2007\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e592 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.3 x 3.6 cm, 0.878 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis study aims to resolve the century-old debate about the nature of Australian aboriginal societies and the comparability of their structures with the structures of other tribal and kinship-based societies. It begins with a critical evaluation and refutation of the claims that Australians are 'ignorant of physical paternity' and therefore cannot have systems of kin classification. Professor Scheffler then demonstrates that systems of kin classification are a common feature of Australian languages and that, contrary to the theory proposed by A. R. Radcliffe-Brown and others, variation in the rules of interkin marriage does not account for variation in systems of kin classification. This was the first monographic treatment of the subject since Radcliffe-Brown's classic work, The Social Organization of the Australian Tribes, published in 1931, and is much more comprehensive and synthetic in its coverage of the range of variation in Australian systems of kin classification. It applies the concepts and methods of structural semantic analysis to a broad range of ethnographic and linguistic data, and demonstrates how they resolve one of anthropology's oldest and most perplexing theoretical puzzles.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of tables\u003cbr\u003e List of figures\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e Map of tribal locations in Australia\u003cbr\u003e 1. Preliminary considerations\u003cbr\u003e 2. Types and varieties\u003cbr\u003e 3. Pitjantjara\u003cbr\u003e 4. Kariera-like systems\u003cbr\u003e 5. Nyulnyul and Mardudhunera\u003cbr\u003e 6. Karadjeri\u003cbr\u003e 7. Arabana\u003cbr\u003e 8. Yir Yoront and Murngin\u003cbr\u003e 9. Walbiri and Dieri\u003cbr\u003e 10. Ngarinyin\u003cbr\u003e 11. An overview\u003cbr\u003e 12. Kin classification and section systems\u003cbr\u003e 13. Variation in subsection systems\u003cbr\u003e 14. Kinship and the social order\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Indexes.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Social \u0026amp; cultural anthropology, ethnography [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social \u0026amp; cultural anthropology, ethnography\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social%20\u0026amp;%20cultural%20anthropology,%20ethnography%20%5BJHMC%5D%22\"\u003eJHMC\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006254502168,"sku":"9780521040525","price":45.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521040525i_b61afb42-74e4-436c-ac4f-eebe6f051992.jpg?v=1694968557","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/australian-kin-classification-paperback-9780521040525","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}