Kinship and Culture

by Francis L K Hsu

At one time Francis L.K. Hsu put forth a hypothesis on kinship that proposed a functional relationship between particular kinship systems and behavior patterns in particular cultural contexts. The controversy provoked among cultural anthropologists by this hypothesis is reflected in this book, which points the way toward more fruitful investigations of kinship in cultural and psychological anthropology.

Hsu's hypothesis offers an alternative...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138526762
• ISBN13: 9781138526761
• Release Date: July 2017
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 520 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"