Fictions and fictive kinship ABSTRACT This special issue brings together emerging studies on kinship in South Asia and explores the idea of kinship as ‘fiction’ through ethnographic analysis of intimate relationships. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. In Sahlins’ book provides a useful prompt to reflect on both these hesitations, but also helps us to understand what a (renewed) interest in South Asian kinship might bring to anthropology. Amid Asian values, which hold familial bonds in deep reverence, kinship care has matured into a practice that not only safeguards cultural heritage but also cultivates resilience, This special issue brings together emerging studies on kinship in South Asia and explores the idea of kinship as ‘fiction’ through ethnographic analysis of intimate relationships. Their great economic and cultural diversities make generalization about family patterns and trends hazardous. CARTER University of Rochester Introduction THE KINSHIP systems of India and Ceylon differ in many important respects. It explores the influence Kinship and History in South Asia presents four papers given at a small conference of kinship studies scholars, “Kinship and History in South Asia,” at the University of Toronto in 1973. This paper builds on the idea that there are two dimensions or levels to any kinship structure. Fictions I wish to maintain that we need an awareness of the reach of the principles of kinship into human life and of the possible role of kinship in areas which ostensibly have nothing to do with it. This article examines the kinship systems, marriage practices, and their sociological implications in South Asia. Gender roles and kinship systems profoundly shape individual identities, family dynamics, and social hierarchies across cultures. Bringing together emerging ethnographies on kinship in South Asia, this book explores the idea of kinship as ‘fiction’ in intimate relationships. One level describes relations between descent groups, the other certain special bonds that exist This special issue brings together emerging studies on kinship in South Asia and explores the idea of kinship as ‘fiction’ through ethnographic analysis of intimate relationships. In Southeast Asian culture, the family is seen as a key institution, and family members frequently have close interdependencies Arguing that kinship systems provide an important context in which gender relations are located, the study overlooks at three types of kinship system, found in their carious forms in the two Arguing that kinship systems provide an important context in which gender relations are located, the study overlooks at three types of kinship system, found in their carious forms in the two Resonating Cultural Significance Asia's social fabric is woven from diverse cultures, languages, and traditions, and finds a common thread in the profound appreciation for kinship care. What kinship is—and is not. This It looks at three types of kinship system found in their various forms in the two regions of Asia - patrilineal in South Asia and bilateral in South-East Asia, with a presence of matriliny in both. Marshall Sahlins’ What kinship is—and is not masterfully demonstrates, once again, the foundational and invaluable place of Introduction South Asia, comprising countries such as India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Bhutan, is a region with Southeast and South Asia are home to one-third of the world’s population. This special issue brings together emerging studies on kinship in South Asia and explores the idea of kinship as ‘fiction’ through Kinship and History in South Asia presents four papers given at a small conference of kinship studies scholars, “Kinship and History in South Asia,” at the University of Toronto in 1973. This ISBN 978-9519380384 Actions: Add to Bookbag Sell This Book Add to Wish List Set Price Alert Kinship and History in South Asia presents four papers given at a small conference of kinship studies scholars, “Kinship and History in South Asia,” at the University of Toronto in 1973. Description Kinship and History in South Asia presents four papers given at a small conference of kinship studies scholars, “Kinship and History in South Asia,” at the University of Toronto in Abstract This special issue brings together emerging studies on kinship in South Asia and explores the idea of kinship as ‘fiction’ through ethnographic analysis of intimate Samenvatting Bringing together emerging ethnographies on kinship in South Asia, this book explores the idea of kinship as ‘fiction’ in intimate relationships. Rules of unilineal descent, for example, are part of the As reproduction is seen as central to kinship and the biologicallink as the primary bond between parents and their offspring,Western perceptions of kin relation Kinship and History in South Asia presents four papers given at a small conference of kinship studies scholars, “Kinship and History in South Asia,” at the University of Toronto in 1973. 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