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Spheres of Inheritance in Aughnaboy 1

Author(s) -

Leyton Elliott H.

Publication year - 1970

Publication title -

american anthropologist

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.51

H-Index - 85

eISSN - 1548-1433

pISSN - 0002-7294

DOI - 10.1525/aa.1970.72.6.02a00100

Subject(s) - inheritance (genetic algorithm) , spheres , ideology , rural sector , separate spheres , sociology , genealogy , political science , biology , history , physics , rural area , law , genetics , politics , astronomy , gene

This paper uses the concept of spheres to analyze the transmission of goods between the generations in Aughnaboy. It argues that a concept such as a sphere is necessary to unravel the complex patterns of inheritance in this rural sector of a complex Western industrial society, and it concludes that there are three spheres of inheritance; each sphere distinguished by the movement of different items through different modes of exchange, and each sphere characterized by a distinct ideology and a distinct pattern of flow.

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