essay

Friendship and kinship: an attempt to relate two anthropological concepts

compact : selected dimensions of friendship • (3) • Published In 1975 • Pages: 49-70, 146-162

By: Schwimmer, Eric G..

Abstract
In this source, Schwimmer examines Orokaiva friendship in the context of the Orokaiva system of personal relationships. He identifies four categories of Orokaiva friendship, characterized variously by cooperative alliance, reciprocating partnership, or 'total interdependence,' and shows that each of these categories corresponds to a similar kin-based category of personal relationships.
Subjects
Friendships
Kin relationships
Theoretical orientation in research and its results
Comparative evidence
culture
Orokaiva
HRAF PubDate
2004
Region
Oceania
Sub Region
Melanesia
Document Type
essay
Evaluation
Creator Type
Ethnologist
Document Rating
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
David Sherwood ; 1984
Field Date
1966-1970
Coverage Date
1966-1967, 1970
Coverage Place
Popondetta Sub-District of the Northern District of Papua; Papua New Guinea
Notes
Erik Schwimmer
Includes bibliographical references (p. 146-162)
LCCN
76365749
LCSH
Orokaiva (Papua New Guinea people)