商品簡介
Zeitlyn (social anthropology, U. of Kent) describes and analyzes how families talk about and among their kin, arguing that the address-reference distinction is inadequate. He gives an example of the true complexities of kinship terminology from his field data from his work with the Mambila people. He also addresses problems inherent in translation and in interpreting culturally-coded information in kin conversations amongst the Mambila and also among US English-speaking populations. He finds the world of kinship conversation is not as neat and tidy as some would like, and he seeks methods and means of developing better understanding. Annotation c2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
作者簡介
David Zeitlyn is Reader in Social Anthropology at the University of Kent, Canterbury.
