Kinship and Beyond: The Genealogical Model Reconsidered by Sandra Bamford (Engli

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The genealogical model has a long-standing history in Western thought. The contributors to this volume consider the ways in which assumptions about the genealogical model-in particular, ideas concerning sequence, essence, and transmission...

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The genealogical model has a long-standing history in Western thought. The contributors to this volume consider the ways in which assumptions about the genealogical model—in particular, ideas concerning sequence, essence, and transmission—structure other modes of practice and knowledge-making in domains well beyond what is normally labeled "kinship." The detailed ethnographic work and analysis included in this text explores how these assumptions have been built into our understandings of race, personhood, ethnicity, property relations, and the relationship between human beings and non-human species. The authors explore the influences of the genealogical model of kinship in wider social theory and examine anthropology's ability to provide a unique framework capable of bridging the "social" and "natural" sciences. In doing so, this volume brings fresh new perspectives to bear on contemporary theories concerning biotechnology and its effect upon social life.

Author Biography

Sandra Bamford is an Associate Professor at the University of Toronto. Her research focuses on Papua New Guinea and the West, with an emphasis on kinship, gender, landscape, environmentalism, globalization, and biotechnology. In addition to having authored several journal articles and book chapters, her most recent publications include: Biology Unmoored: Melanesian Reflections on Life and Biotechnology (University of California Press, 2006) and Embodying Modernity and Postmodernity: Ritual, Praxis and Social Change in Melanesia (Carolina Academic Press, 2007).

Table of Contents

AcknowledgementsChapter 1. Pedigrees of Knowledge: Anthropology and the Genealogical MethodSandra Bamford and James LeachChapter 2. Aborescent Culture: Writing and Not Writing Race Horse PedigreesRebecca CassidyChapter 3. When Blood Matters: Making Kinship in Colonial KenyaTeresa HolmesChapter 4. The Web of Kin: An Online Genealogical MachineGisli PálssonChapter 5. Genes, Mobilities and the Enclosures of Capital: Contesting Ancestry and its Applications in IcelandHilary CunninghamChapter 6. Skipping a Generation and Assisted KinshipJeanette EdwardsChapter 7. 'Family Trees' among the Kamea of Papua New Guinea: A Non-Genealogical Approach to Imagining RelatednessSandra BamfordChapter 8. Knowledge as Kinship: Mutable Essence and the Significance of Transmission on the Rai Coast of PNGJames LeachChapter 9. Stories Against Classification: Transport, Wayfaring and the Integration of KnowledgeTim IngoldChapter 10. Revealing and Obscuring Rivers's Pedigrees: Biological Inheritance and Kinship in MadagascarRita AstutiChapter 11. The Gift and the Given: Three Nano-Essays on Kinship and MagicEduardo Viveiros de CastroNotes on contributorsBibliographyIndex

Review

"This collection of ten essays is the latest major work to call for renewed attention to the topic [of kinship], especially with respect to contemporary questions of how cultures relate to nature…[It] is a welcome addition to the ongoing revival of kinship, and will stimulate further debate among its many participants." • Ethnobiology Letters

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The genealogical model has a long-standing history inWestern thought. The contributors to this volume considerthe ways in which assumptions about the genealogicalmodel - in particular, ideas concerning sequence,essence, and transmission - structure other modes ofpractice and knowledge-making in domains well beyond whatis normally labeled kinship. The detailed ethnographicwork and analysis included in this text explore how theseassumptions have been built into our understandings ofrace, personhood, ethnicity, property relations, and therelationship between human beings and non-human species.The authors explore the influences of the genealogicalmodel of kinship in wider social theory and examineanthropology s ability to provide a unique frameworkcapable of bridging the social and natural sciences. Indoing so, this volume brings fresh new perspectives tobear on contemporary theories concerning biotechnologyand its effect upon social life.

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"This collection of ten essays is the latest major work to call for renewed attention to the topic [of kinship], especially with respect to contemporary questions of how cultures relate to nature...[It] is a welcome addition to the ongoing revival of kinship, and will stimulate further debate among its many participants." Ethnobiology Letters

Details ISBN1845454227 Publisher Berghahn Books Year 2009 ISBN-10 1845454227 ISBN-13 9781845454227 Format Hardcover Media Book Imprint Berghahn Books Subtitle The Genealogical Model Reconsidered Place of Publication Oxford Country of Publication United Kingdom Edited by James Leach DEWEY 306.83 Illustrations 20 ills Birth 1942 Language English Short Title KINSHIP & BEYOND Series Number 15 AU Release Date 2009-03-01 NZ Release Date 2009-03-01 UK Release Date 2009-03-01 Author James Leach Pages 300 Series Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality: Social and Cultural Perspectives Publication Date 2009-03-01 Audience Undergraduate We've got this

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