Sociology: family and relationships

A collection of brilliant and provocative essays from Edmund Leach, one of the most original voices in the social anthropological tradition.

Recent decades have seen spectacular increases in the levels of divorce and separation across the Western world.

First published in 1939 and long out of print, this book remains unique as the only full and detailed account by a social anthropologist of a complete pagan Polynesian ritual cycle.

In this essay the author presents the principles of one important sector of social organization in Japan, and establish its framework.

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Wealth and power characterize elites, yet despite the strong cultural influences they exert, their study remains underdeveloped.

Friendship is usually seen as a vital part of most people's lives in the West.

Originally published in 1951 this book analyses the social values and institutions involved in the establishment and maintenance of marital relationships.

In 1947 members of the Department of Anthropology at the London School of Economics, under the leadership of Professor Firth, made a study of kinship in a South London borough.

This essay is the work of a social anthropologist but it is not based upon field work.

Dr Djamour spent two years in Singapore, both in the city and in a Malay fishing village, and her first-hand account draws a lively and sympathetic picture of behaviour within the family and between kinsmen.

The economic and political systems, legal code and religious beliefs of the people of the New Guinea village of Busama were analysed by H.

In this ground-breaking study based on ethnographic research in Formentera, in the Balearic Islands, the author demonstrates that European kinship can become central to anthropological explanation once it is understood from a symbolic and cultural perspective.

In the past sheep-rearing was the main means of existence for most Bedouin.

The Performance of Gender presents a vivid description of everyday life in order to explore the concept of performance for an anthropology of gender.

The Monographs on Social Anthropology were established in 1940 and aim to publish results of modem anthropological research of primary interest to specialists.

This book takes the argument first set out in Lineage Organization in South-Eastern China a step further.

This volume explores the links between individuals, families, communities and the state in China through ritual and myth.

Analyses Fijian hierarchy and its constitution in everyday ritual behaviour.

A collection of brilliant and provocative essays from Edmund Leach, one of the most original voices in the social anthropological tradition.

Recent decades have seen spectacular increases in the levels of divorce and separation across the Western world.

First published in 1939 and long out of print, this book remains unique as the only full and detailed account by a social anthropologist of a complete pagan Polynesian ritual cycle.

In this essay the author presents the principles of one important sector of social organization in Japan, and establish its framework.

W.

Wealth and power characterize elites, yet despite the strong cultural influences they exert, their study remains underdeveloped.

Friendship is usually seen as a vital part of most people's lives in the West.

The modern family is under strain.

The modern family is under strain.

Desire is both of and beyond the everyday.

In this book, leading authorities on the family show how families, parents, and children have been affected by changing patterns of marriage and cohabitation.

Considering the effects of a Catholic heritage on families as a whole and on individuals within families, William Sander looks at the patterns of marriage and intermarriage, divorce, and fertility.

Surrogate Motherhood: Conception in the Heart is a compelling account written with analytical clarity and remarkable compassion.

This book argues for the applicability of a materialist mode of production analysis to the situation of women in Africa.

Using a variety of methodological and theoretical perspectives, the authors of this collection discuss women's power within the various sociocultural contexts in which women operate-such as the workplace, the family, and other interpersonal relationships-and the differential nature of women's power and influence over their life course.

This is the first book to systematically track postwar changes in family formation in Western Europe and the United States.

As more individuals delay having children or opt for childlessness, the question arises: What value do people place on children in contemporary U.

This book examines the Hungarian experiment to liberate women from servitude.

This book focuses on the economic decisions that must be made in the household.

It has been my pleasure to work with a distinguished, committed,and cooperative group of contributors to this volume.

Social and political attention often is focused on urban issues, neglecting the still-rural character of much of the United States.

This essential text explores the concept of "e;Me-Marriage"e;-a marital relationship that blends individualized life goals and interests-and draws from research on the current benefits and costs of marriage to consider how to achieve success, both individually and relationally.

This essential text explores the concept of "e;Me-Marriage"e;-a marital relationship that blends individualized life goals and interests-and draws from research on the current benefits and costs of marriage to consider how to achieve success, both individually and relationally.

This book explores social change in Japan at the most intimate site of social interaction - the home - by providing a detailed ethnography of everyday life in a sharehouse.

This book explores social change in Japan at the most intimate site of social interaction - the home - by providing a detailed ethnography of everyday life in a sharehouse.

The Maternal Experience explores the powerful and dynamic nature of maternal ambivalence and disrupts the conventional narrative of the mother's lived experience by arguing that encounters with feelings of hatred are both universal and have the capacity to stimulate and enrich her maternal love.

The Maternal Experience explores the powerful and dynamic nature of maternal ambivalence and disrupts the conventional narrative of the mother's lived experience by arguing that encounters with feelings of hatred are both universal and have the capacity to stimulate and enrich her maternal love.

Originally published in 1994, the late Keith F.

Originally published in 1994, the late Keith F.

We think of our family life as very personal, but in fact it is shaped by influences well beyond our control.

First published in 1982, Making the Difference has become a classic in the study of education and of Australian society.