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a study of the cultural domain of “relatives” 1
Author(s) -
ALEXANDER JACK
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
american ethnologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.875
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1548-1425
pISSN - 0094-0496
DOI - 10.1525/ae.1976.3.1.02a00020
Subject(s) - kinship , representation (politics) , sociology , domain (mathematical analysis) , anthropology , genealogy , class (philosophy) , history , epistemology , political science , philosophy , mathematics , law , mathematical analysis , politics
The data for this study of the collective representation of kinship were collected in intensive interviews with urban middle‐class Jamaicans. Analysis of these data suggests that while the collective representation of kinship and its uses are distinct, the observation of these uses is valuable for the full understanding of the culture of kinship.