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Kinship
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Gideon Peter Caringal Social Anthropology IB1 - February 2004 Kinship Essay Kinship Essay When studying kinship, it is needless to say that just one type of society can justify for kinship patterns; rather, to be able to identify and understand the differences of kinship systems, one needs to do a cross-cultural comparison. I've decided to compare the system of the Trobriand Islanders of the South Pacific, to the very loose kinship arrangement of the Ju'wasi San of the Kalahari. These two societies have been chosen as they represent different levels of social, cultural, and technological complexities. The Ju'wasi were gatherers and hunters, living in small, mobile groups; the Trobrianders were horticulturists living in villages of up to 400 people. The Trobrianders (Malinowski: early 20th century and Powell: mid 20th century) live in some 80 villages whose populations range from 40 - 400. These villages are further divided into hamlets, and each hamlet consists of...
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