Kinship and ritual in Bengal : anthropological essays 9780836411973, 0836411978

The Politics of Making Kinship: Historical and Anthropological Perspectives 9781800737853

A long tradition of Western political thought included the concepts of a household, the family, and kinship in models of

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Kinship, Contract, Community, and State: Anthropological Perspectives on China 9781503624986

This book examines major areas of late imperial Chinese culture, and their relation to Chinese culture today, focusing o

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Christianizing Kinship: Ritual Sponsorship in Anglo-Saxon England 9781501728327

When Christianity spread from its Mediterranean base into the Germanic and Celtic north, it initiated profound changes,

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Bengal: rethinking history (Essays in historiography) 8173044007

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Of Hoarding and Housekeeping: Material Kinship and Domestic Space in Anthropological Perspective 9781805390930

Hoarding has largely been approached from a psychological and universal perspective, and decluttering from an aesthetic

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An abode of the goddess : kinship, caste, and sacrificial organization in a Bengal village 9788173046773, 8173046778

Study with reference to Barddhamān District, India.

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The Hour of The Goddess: Memories of Women, Food and Ritual in Bengal 9780144001422, 014400142X

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Brazil. Anthropological Perspectives. Essays in Honor of Charles Wagley 9780231879101

Describes the various stages of the Japanese Stone Age and their relationships with foreign cultures. Covers the time fr

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Mostly About Bengal : Essays in Modern South Asian History

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Kinship in Ancient Athens: An Anthropological Analysis 9780198788256, 9780198788263, 9780198788249, 0198788258

The concept of kinship is at the heart of understanding not only the structure and development of a society, but also th

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