- CONTENTS
- PREFACE = ⅴ
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS = ⅸ
- INTRODUCTION. ; Importance of scientific study of kinship-An analytical as opposed to an historical approach-Definition of kinship-Kinship relations exhibited in social behaviour-Structural principles of kinship systems illustrated in the Teutonic and the Masai systems-The unilineal principle-Classificatory terminology-The generation principle-Rank in social relations-Omaha classificatory terminology-Principle of lineage unity expressed in terminology-Privileged behaviour-Clans and lineages-Marriage Customs-Early English marriage-Modern English and American conceptions of marriage-African marriage:marriage payments, marriage as a developing process-Modification of kinship relations by marriage-Rights of husband over wife and children-Marriage as an alliance between two groups-'Mother-in-law avoidance'-'Joking relationships'-Regulations concerning marriage between relatives-Prohibited and preferential marriages-Exogamy-Relation between rules of marriage and kinship structure-Incest, parricide, and witchcraft-Mother-right and father-right-The social functions of kinship systems. / A. R. RADCLIFFE-BROWN(Professor Emeritus of Social Anthropology,oxford University) = 1
- KINSHIP AMONG THE SWAZI. ; The clan-The family unit-The homestead-Basic behaviour patterns:husband and wife ; parent and child ; siblings-Maternal and paternal kin:paternal aunt and maternal uncle ; cousins ; grandparents-Affines:parents-in-law ; sisters- and brothers-in-law ; the groups-Rank and kinship. / HILDA KUPER(Lecturer in Social Anthropology in the University of the Witwatersrand) = 86









