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The Structure of the Japanese Family 1
Author(s) -
Kitaoji Hironobu
Publication year - 1971
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.1971.73.5.02a00050
Subject(s) - kinship , inheritance (genetic algorithm) , genealogy , terminology , descent (aeronautics) , ecological succession , sociology , history , geography , linguistics , anthropology , biology , genetics , philosophy , ecology , meteorology , gene
Analyses of kinship terminology and of descent and residential rules have dominated the study of the Japanese family and kinship organization. However, the positional terminological system is found to be sociocentric in nature. It is argued that succession and inheritance rules provide a more useful approach to the structural study of the sociocentric stem family in Japan .