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The Heat of the Hearth: The Process of Kinship in a Malay Fishing Community (Oxford Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology)
The Heat of the Hearth The Process of Kinship in a Malay Fishing Community - Oxford Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology
Author: Janet Carsten
Janet Carsten offers an original and very personal investigation of the nature of kinship in Malaysia, based upon her own experience as a foster daughter in a family on the island of Langkawi. She shows that Malay kinship is a process, not a state: it is determined partly by birth, but also throughout life by living together and sharing food. Ca...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780198280460
ISBN-10: 0198280467
Publication Date: 5/15/1997
Pages: 336
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Publisher: Oxford University Press
Book Type: Paperback
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