An Introduction to Two Theories of Social Anthropology : Descent Groups and Marriage Alliance (Methodology & History in Anthropology) (Library Binding)

A translation of Louis Dumont's lectures on kinship, which provide a comprehensive overview of descent theory and alliance theory for students. This work features these two theories of kinship which are associated with the British and French schools of social anthropology, as well as the theoretical tendencies of functionalism and structuralism.