Generalized exchange, in which sections of a tribe exchange women in a cycle and thus
guarantee social solidarity, was induced from models of the norms governing classificatory …

This study presents three ideal-typic models for analyzing inequality in kin-based, non-
stratified societies that are commonly described as bands, tribes or ranked societies (but not …

A universal system of kin categorization is, in the primary sense of the term, a system in
which each member of society stands in a'kin'(or affinal) relationship to every other member …

We have long been aware that exchange of goods, services, etc plays a vital part in our own
social life as well as in the life of other peoples we study, and in fact, as Belshaw states (16 …

Anthropologist Edmund Leach, in his discussion of caste and class systems, stated,“In a very
fundamental way, we all of us distinguish those who are of our kind from those who are not …

'Laos tribesmen's choice: flee or die';'Canada is a melting pot for America and the
world';'Asians unwanted in Canada';'Ethnic Arabs of Iran's oil region in South worry …

Levi-Strauss's (117, 118) capture of marriage systems in terms of elementary and complex
structures continues to hold us ransom to a certain conceptualization of the underpinning …

Group theory and the theory of relations are used to study the kinship of certain kinds of
primitive societies. It will be shown that these societies partition their members into classes …

Status-caste exchange theory predicts that in interracial marriages one partner's
socioeconomic status is exchanged for the other's racial caste status. The author examines …

This paper presents an analysis of second generation" exogamy" in the Kibbutzim in Israel. It
combines and coordinates an elucidation of social system functions with a developmental …