The heat of the hearth : the process of kinship in a Malay fishing community / Janet Carsten.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carsten, Janet.

Series:

Oxford studies in social and cultural anthropology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kinship--Malaysia--Langkawi Island (Kedah).

Kinship.

Langkawi Island (Kedah, Malaysia)--Social life and customs.

Langkawi Island (Kedah, Malaysia).

Fishing villages--Malaysia--Langkawi Island (Kedah).

Fishing villages.

Malaysia--Langkawi Island (Kedah).

Malaysia--Social life and customs.

Malaysia.

Manners and customs.

Physical Description:

ix, 314 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.

Summary:

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. Carsten gives the reader a fascinating "anthropology of everyday life," including a compelling view of gender relations; she urges reassessment of recent anthropological work on gender, and a new approach to the study of kinship.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0198280459

0198280467

OCLC:

35450351