Formal analysis of kinship terminologies and its relationship to what constitutes kinship

Anthropological Theory

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 239-267

  Read, Dwight W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Formal models; Genealogical grid; Kinship theory; Symbolic structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006050702     PISSN: 14634996     EISSN: 17412641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/146349960100100205     Document Type: Article

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