Book of Donmon Teith

Using some of his landmark publications on kinship, along with a new introduction, chapter and conclusion, Robert Parkin discusses here the changes in kinship t

Kinship systems are the glue that holds social groups together. This volume presents a novel approach to understanding the genesis of these systems and how and

These 12 chapters discuss the constitution of kinship among different communities in South Asia and addressing the relationship between ideology and practice, c

First published in 1998. Part of the International library of Sociology, volume XVI of twenty-two on Social theory and methodology, focuses on giving the reader

With marriage in decline, divorce on the rise, the demise of the nuclear family, and the increase in marriages and adoptions among same-sex partners, it is clea