Harris Reading in Kinship in Urban Society

The Commonwealth and International Library: Reading in Sociology
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4831-3936-4
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 408 Seiten, Web PDF

Reading in Kinship in Urban Society is a collection of articles that deal with family and kinship in urban settlements. It provides comparative ethnographic data and introduces studies and approaches found outside British social inquiry. Organized into four parts, this book first introduces kinship systems and the recognition of relationships in various communities. It then identifies the functions of kinship systems and pays particular attention to inheritance of property. After discussing patterns of mate selection and marital relationships, it turns to the effects of urbanization on family life. This book ends with a discussion about the family life of elderly people. Anthropologists and sociologists studying the relation of kinship to societies will find this book invaluable.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Harris, C. C.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Front Cover;1
2;Readings in Kinship in Urban Society;4
3;Copyright Page;5
4;Table of Contents ;6
5;Preface;8
6;Acknowledgements;10
7;Introduction;12
8;Part I: Kinship Systems and the Recognition of Relationships;48
8.1;Chapter 1. The Kindred in a Greek Mountain Community*;50
8.2;Chapter 2. A Study of French Canadian Kinship;82
8.2.1;1. INTRODUCTION;82
8.2.2;2. THE RANGE OF KINSHIP AWARENESS;86
8.2.3;3. INTERMARRIAGES OF KIN;91
8.2.4;4. MIGRATION OF KINS FOLK;94
8.2.5;5. SOME CHARACTERISTICS OF KINSHIP IN ST. JEAN-BAPTISTE;98
8.2.6;6. KINSHIP AND FRENCH CANADIAN CULTURE;104
8.2.7;BIBLIOGRAPHY;109
8.3;Chapter 3. Relations with Neiglibours and Relatives in Working Class Families of the Departement de la Seine;110
8.3.1;RELATIONS WITH NEIGHBOURS AND RELATIVES IN WORKING-CLASS FAMILIES LIVING IN FURNISHED ROOMS;110
8.3.2;RELATIONS OF PROXIMITY AMONG INDUSTRIAL WORKERS;118
8.3.3;CONCLUSION;123
9;Part II: The Functions of Kinship;130
9.1;Chapter 4. The Family in a Greek Village: Dowry and Inheritance; Formal Structure;132
9.1.1;INHERITANCE BY SONS;132
9.1.2;DOWERING THE DAUGHTER;139
9.1.3;NEGOTIATIONS, COURTSHIP, AND MARRIAGE;144
9.1.4;DISPOSITION OF DOWER PROPERTY;147
9.1.5;DIVISION OF THE PATRIMONY;149
9.1.6;CONSEQUENCES OF THE DOWRY SYSTEM;156
9.1.7;ATTITUDES TOWARD THE DOWRY SYSTEM;162
9.1.8;FAMILY AND KIN STRUCTURE;166
9.1.9;REFERENCES;172
9.2;Chapter 5. The Family in a Spanish Town;174
9.3;Chapter 6. Composite Descent Groups in Canada;190
9.3.1;CONCLUSIÓN;196
9.3.2;REFERENCES;197
9.4;Chapter 7. Kinship and Crisis in South Wales;198
9.5;Chapter 8. Mobility and the Middle Class Extended Family;220
9.5.1;GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION AND CONTACT;221
9.5.2;STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION;227
9.5.3;CONCLUSIONS;233
9.5.4;BIBLIOGRAPHY;234
10;Part III: Marriage;236
10.1;Chapter 9. Mate Selection in Various Ethnic Groups in France;238
10.1.1;MATE SELECTION IN THE FRENCH GROUP;238
10.1.2;MARRIAGE BETWEEN BLOOD RELATIONS;238
10.1.3;GEOGRAPHICAL HOMOGAMY;240
10.1.4;SOCIAL AND OCCUPATIONAL HOMOGAMY;244
10.1.5;MATE SELECTION IN THE FOREIGN GROUPS IN FRANCE;250
10.1.6;MATE SELECTION IN THE NORTH AFRICAN GROUP IN FRANCE;250
10.1.7;MATE SELECTION IN THE FOREIGN IMMIGRANT GROUP RESIDING IN FRANCE (OTHER THAN AFRICANS AND NORTH AFRICANS);251
10.1.8;SUMMARY;253
10.2;Chapter 10. Conjugal Roles and Social Networks A Re-examination of an Hypothesis;256
10.2.1;PROBLEMS OF OPERATIONAL DEFINITION;257
10.2.2;LEADGILL RESULTS;262
10.2.3;SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION;269
10.2.4;REFERENCES;270
11;Part IV: Urbanization and the Family;272
11.1;Chapter 11. Traditional Household and Neighbourhood Group: Survivals of the Genealogical-Territorial Societal Pattern in Eastern Parts of the Netherlands;274
11.2;Chapter 12. Qualitative Changes in Family Life in the Netherlands;282
11.2.1;1. EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL FACTORS OF CHANGE IN FAMILY LIFE;282
11.2.2;2. TYPES OF FAMILY LIFE;284
11.3;Chapter 13. New Aspects of Rural-Urban Differentials in Family Values and Family Structure;290
11.3.1;INTRODUCTION;290
11.3.2;THE PROBLEM;292
11.3.3;URBANIZATION AND FAMILY SIZE VALUES;293
11.3.4;URBANIZATION AND FAMILY STRUCTURE;297
11.3.5;SOME FURTHER REFLECTIONS ON URBANIZATION;304
11.4;Chapter 14. Urbanization and Nuclear Family Individualization; A Causal Connection ?;308
11.4.1;INTRODUCTION;308
11.4.2;CLARIFICATION OF TERMS;310
11.4.3;METHODS;315
11.4.4;FINDINGS;319
11.4.5;SUMMARY;325
11.4.6;INTERPRETATION OF FINDINGS: AN EPILOGUE;326
12;Part V: Old Age;330
12.1;Chapter 15. The Extended Family in Transition : A Study of the Family Life of Old People in the Netherlands;332
12.1.1;THE RESEARCH PROBLEM;333
12.1.2;THE SURVEY SAMPLE;334
12.1.3;THE SHARING OF A COMMON HOUSEHOLD WITH CHILDREN;334
12.1.4;DEVIATIONS FROM THE NORM OF THE EXTENDED FAMILY;338
12.1.5;GEOGRAPHIC MOBILITY AND VISITING;339
12.1.6;FAMILY STRUCTURE AND VISITING PATTERN;340
12.1.7;PREFERRED AND ACTUAL LIVING ARRANGEMENTS;340
12.1.8;OGGUPATIONAL STRUGTURE AND FAMILY STRUGTURE;343
12.1.9;REFERENCES;347
12.2;Chapter 16. Relations between Generations and the Three-generation Household in Denmark;350
12.2.1;THE LIVING ARRANGEMENTS OF ELDERLY PEOPLE: THE PROXIMITY OF CHILDREN AND THE FREQUENCY OF CONTACT;352
12.2.2;THE THREE-GENERATION HOUSEHOLD;358
12.2.3;RELATIONS BETWEEN GENERATIONS IN SEPARATE HOUSEHOLDS;368
12.2.4;SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS;375
12.3;Chapter 17. Family Relations of the Elderly;380
12.3.1;JOINT LIVING—AN IMPORTANT MINORITY PATTERN;384
12.3.2;FAMILY RELATIONS DESPITE HOUSEHOLD SEPARATION;389
12.3.3;TOWARD A REDEFINITION OF FAMILY RELATIONS;393
12.3.4;FAMILY RELATIONS—A PRODUCT OF LONG-TERM PROCESSES;398
13;Biographical Notes;400
14;Author Index;404
15;Subject Index;408