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Kinship system in Korea 1975 • Yi, Kwang-gyu
Korea • Asia > East Asia
...Family and religion in contemporary Koreaessay 1984 • Yi, Kwang-gyu
Korea • Asia > East Asia
This is a study of Korean religion at the family level. Lee describes the various kinds of Korean households, and a typical layout of a home. He discusses the various gods associated with the home and the ways they are worshipped, a task usually pref...Ancestor worship and kinship structure in Koreaessay 1987 • Yi, Kwang-gyu
Korea • Asia > East Asia
This study examines the relationship between ancestor worship and kin groups in Korea. According to Lee, ancestor worship provides an organizational focus for agnates, demarcates kin groupings, and provides the rationale for family inheritance and su...Teknonymy and geononymy in Korean kinship terminologyarticle 1973 • Yi, Kwang-gyu & Harvey, Youngsook Kim
Korea • Asia > East Asia
In this article, Lee and Harvey describe the Korean kinship terminology with a focus on the widely-practiced custom of teknonymy and geononymy. Korean kinship terms are based on relative age, sex, generation, and degree of relatedness. The practice o...