Culture, Creation, and Procreation: Concepts of Kinship in South Asian PracticeMonika Böck, Aparna Rao As reproduction is seen as central to kinship and the biological link as the primary bond between parents and their offspring, Western perceptions of kin relations are primarily determined by ideas about "consanguinity," "genealogical relations," and "genetic connections." Advocates of cultural constructivism have taken issue with a concept that puts so much stress on heredity as being severely biased by western ideas of kinship. Ethnosociologists in particular developed alternative systems using indigenous categories. This symbolic approach has, however, been rejected by some scholars as plagued by the problems of the analytical separation of ideology from practice, of largely overlooking relations of domination, and of ignoring the questions of shared knowledge and choice. This volume offers a corrective by discussing the constitution of kinship among different communities in South Asia and addressing the relationship between ideology and practice, cultural models, and individiual strategies. |
Contents
Chapter | 10 |
We the Brothers of Tiger and Bamboo On | 53 |
Village Bodies? Reflections on Locality | 81 |
Blood Milk and Mountains Marriage Practice | 101 |
Kinship Creation and Procreation among | 135 |
Nature Nurture and Kinship Body Fluids | 157 |
Kinship and Gender Identity Some Notes | 177 |
Habitus and its Implications in Constructing | 199 |
Theatre of Memory Ritual Kinship | 243 |
Kinship as Anger Relations of Resentment | 271 |
Deceased Grandmother Afflicts Granddaughter | 283 |
Marriage Strategies in Lahore Projections | 297 |
Chapter | 304 |
Power and Fertility Divine Kinship | 323 |
Sylvia Vatuk | 357 |
Notes on Contributors | 367 |
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