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Kinship Structure and Political Authority: The Middle East and Central Asia

Lindholm, Charles·1986·Comparative Studies in Society and History
DOI 10.1017/s001041750001389x
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Kinship studies have traditionally been the core of the anthropological enterprise, but the knowledge gained in studies of indigenous kinship systems has not generally been of interest to other disciplines. This essay intends to draw attention to some of the political and social implications of patterns of kinship relations by comparing two large historical culture areas, that of the frontier region of Inner Asia, and that of the peripheral tribes of the Middle East.

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Authors
Lindholm, C.
Venue
Comparative Studies in Society and History
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Published
1986-04
Volume
28
Issue
2
Pages
334-355
ISSN
  • 0010-4175
  • 1475-2999
DOI
10.1017/s001041750001389x
Cited by
33
References
0
Language
en
Licence
www.cambridge.org/core/terms (unspecified, 8464 d)

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