The Heat of the Hearth: The Process of Kinship in a Malay Fishing Community
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Janet Carsten offers an original and very personal investigation of the nature of kinship in Malaysia, based upon her own experience as a foster daughter in a family on the island of Langkawi. She shows that Malay kinship is a process, not a state: it is determined partly by birth, but also throughout life by living together and sharing food. Carsten gives the reader a fascinating "anthropology of everyday life," including a compelling view of gender relations; she urges reassessment of recent anthropological work on gender, and a new approach to the study of kinship.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0198280467
ISBN13:9780198280460
Release Date:June 1997
Publisher:Clarendon Press
Length:336 Pages
Weight:1.10 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"
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