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The mechanics of kinship
American anthropologist • 37 • Published In 1935 • Pages: 450-457
By: Aginsky, Bernard W. (Bernard Willard).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This brief article, written by B. W. Aginsky, a professional anthropologist, is an attempt to show whether or not marriage is basically reflected in the kinship terminology of a given people. To illustrate the working out of this theory, the author constructs several theoretical kinship systems on the basis of types of marriage, and then proceeds to show how, in his estimation, this theory holds for each of these systems. The author shows how this theory actually resolves itself in a real (i.e., non-theoretical) society -- the Pomo (Hopland Valley, Ukiah Valley and Rincon Valley). Aginsky concludes that there was a definite selective tendency among the valley Pomo in the kinship identification passed on from generation to generation.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Regulation of marriage
- Secondary marriages
- Kinship terminology
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Pomo
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Northwest Coast and California
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 1960
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1934
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- California, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- B. W. Aginsky
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 456-457)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 17015424
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Pomo Indians