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Marriage and the classificatory system of relationships
Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britian and Ireland • 60 • Published In 1930 • Pages: 235-268
By: Firth, Raymond.
Abstract
This article is a discussion of the modifications of kinship terms and kin relationships consequent to 'anomalous' marriages in Tikopia. 'Anomalous' marriages are those unions of classificatory kin whose marriageability with regard to each other is limited. Firth describes the social reactions to such marriages and analyzes the changes in kinship terminological usage and in behavior among relatives who come into new alignments with these unions.
- HRAF PubDate
- 1995
- Region
- Oceania
- Sub Region
- Polynesia
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- W.W. Stein
- Field Date
- 1928-1929
- Coverage Date
- not specified
- Coverage Place
- Tikopia Island, Solomon Islands
- Notes
- [by] Raymond Firth
- LCCN
- sn79006341
- LCSH
- Tikopia (Solomon Islands peoples)