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Kinship Groups

Kinship Groups is a theoretical construct in the study of lineage organization that denotes a social unit structured around genealogical descent and shared ancestry, distinguishing it from other kinship formations through its formalized roles, hierarchical organization, and collective identity anchored in lineage-based membership.

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522

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244

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2017–2026

39

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Lineage Groups

Parents

Publications

312

The Elementary Structures of Kinship.

Sally Falk Moore, Claude Lévi‐Strauss, James Harle Bell et al. · American Sociological Review · 1970 · 2.1K citations

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American Kinship: A Cultural Account.

Maurice Bloch, David M. Schneider · Man · 1972 · 1.5K citations

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The Elementary Structures of Kinship

M. J. Lineton · Sociology · 1970 · 713 citations

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The Developmental Cycle in Domestic Groups.

Gordon D. Gibson, Jack Goody · American Sociological Review · 1958 · 504 citations

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Lineage Organization in Southeastern China

G. William Skinner · Pacific Affairs · 1959 · 453 citations

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Authors

522

  1. RN
    Rodney Needham

    University of Oxford, United Kingdom

    5 publications · 3K citations

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  2. BF
    Bernard Farber

    Arizona State University, United States

    5 publications · 132 citations

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  3. AC
    Aart C. Liefbroer

    Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute, Netherlands

    3 publications · 264 citations

    3

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  4. AB
    Alan Barnard

    Queensland University of Technology, Australia

    3 publications · 222 citations

    3

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  5. IK
    Irawati Karvé

    Iona College, United States

    3 publications · 257 citations

    3

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Institutions

244

  1. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    8 h-index

    12 publications

    948 citations

  2. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    7 h-index

    9 publications

    681 citations

  3. Harvard University Press

    Cambridge, United States

    6 h-index

    7 publications

    880 citations

  4. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    6 h-index

    9 publications

    1.1K citations

  5. University of Utah

    Salt Lake City, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    224 citations

  6. University of Wisconsin–Madison

    Madison, United States

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    532 citations

  7. Australian National University

    Canberra, Australia

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    150 citations

  8. University of British Columbia

    Vancouver, Canada

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    84 citations

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Venues

  1. Man

    16 publications · 3.3K citations

    15

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  2. American Anthropologist

    15 publications · 986 citations

    13

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  3. Africa

    12 publications · 652 citations

    11

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  4. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 7 publications · 369 citations

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  5. Pacific Affairs

    6 publications · 741 citations

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