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Navajo Kinship and Marriage
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Navajo Kinship and Marriage
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| | | The Navajo are one of the most studied people in the world, yet their social organization is one of the least well understood. Gary Witherspoon is uniquely qualified to provide that understanding; he has lived with the Navajo for fourteen years and speaks their language. In this definitive work, he combines an extraordinarily high quality of observational material with an innovative theoretical framework. Witherspoon's clear and concise book questions the adequacy of traditional sociological approaches to kinship, making a primary distinction between culture (patterns for behavior) and the system of social relations (observable patterns of behavior).
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"Witherspoon...clarifies problems pertaining to Navajo kinship and marriage through his skillful use of the concepts of cultural and social systems. He adds to the body of knowledge on the Navajo by his own fieldwork and unique life experiences." - R. S. FreedNavajo Times
"Not only can Witherspoon's book on Navajo kinship help unravel the web for the Anglo willing to concentrate, it can also bring to Navajo readers an understanding of why Anglos don't understand Navajo family relationships." - Joanne Reuter American Anthropology
"This is an important work on Navajo kinship and marriage." - David F. Aberle |
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