Book information:
Clifford Geertz/ Hildred Geertz: Kinship in
Bali (1975)
(= HyperGeertz-75Beng1)
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Short description:
"Of
Clifford Geertz' ... major works in the 1970s, one is co-authored by Hildred
Geertz, Cliffordís wife. Published in 1975 the book is called "Kinship
in Bali". The kinship is explored both in the private and public domain
with a heavy emphasis on the latter. A section is devoted on discussing
whether the Balinese do in fact have a system for kinship."
(see: http://hyper.vcsun.org/HyperNews/battias/get/cs600/bio/6.html?nogifs).
Table of contents:
(0) "List of illustrations; list of tables, preface", pp. ix-xii;
(1) "Culture, kinship, and the search for the Dadia", pp. 1-45;
(2) "Kinship in the private domain", pp. 46-59;
(3) "Kinship and the public domain: the commoner Dadia", pp. 60-116;
(4) "Kinship in the public domain: the gentry Dadia", pp. 117-139;
(5) "Do the Balinese have a kinship system?", pp. 153-169;
(6)
Appendixes: "Balinese kinship terminology",
"The family history of the house of Beng",
"Basic regulations for the village of Aan", pp. 170-196;
(7) "Notes, Index", pp. 197-213.
Reviews:
Hooykas, Christiaan, in: Archipel. Študes interdisciplinaires sur le monde insulindien (Paris/FRA: SociÈtÈ pour líEtude et la Conaissance du Monde Insulindien), vol. 12 no. 11 (1976), pp. ?.
Scheffler, Harold W., in: American Anthropologist, June 1976, vol. 78, no. 2, pp. 406-407.
Scheffler, Harold W., American Journal of Sociology, January 1977, vol. 82, no. 4, pp. 867-870.
Olson, Ruth E., Library Journal, 10/15/75, vol. 100, no. 18, p. 1943.
