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Kinship Theory

Kinship Theory is a theoretical framework within anthropological theory that explains the social organization and cultural construction of kinship relations through systems of descent, marriage, and affiliation.

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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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Family and Kinship in East London

Lee G. Burchinal, Michael Young, Peter Willmott · Marriage and Family Living · 1958 · 1.5K citations

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Cultures of Relatedness: New Approaches to the Study of Kinship

Linda Stone · American Ethnologist · 2001 · 1.1K citations

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After nature: English kinship in the late twentieth century

Choice Reviews Online · 1992 · 999 citations

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Authors

3.4K

  1. DR
    Dwight Read

    University of California, Los Angeles, United States

    12 publications · 551 citations

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  2. MS
    Marilyn Strathern

    University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

    10 publications · 980 citations

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  3. RN
    Rodney Needham

    University of Oxford, United Kingdom

    10 publications · 3.5K citations

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  4. DM
    David M. Schneider

    University of Chicago, United States

    10 publications · 2.3K citations

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  5. MB
    Maurice Bloch

    London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom

    9 publications · 2.1K citations

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Institutions

1.2K

  1. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    24 h-index

    48 publications

    5K citations

  2. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    22 h-index

    43 publications

    3.7K citations

  3. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    20 h-index

    43 publications

    3.4K citations

  4. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    19 h-index

    35 publications

    1.8K citations

  5. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    19 h-index

    24 publications

    1.6K citations

  6. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    18 h-index

    26 publications

    1.2K citations

  7. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    18 h-index

    29 publications

    2K citations

  8. London School of Economics and Political Science

    London, United Kingdom

    17 h-index

    21 publications

    972 citations

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  1. Man

    113 publications · 9.6K citations

    47

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  2. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 54 publications · 5.8K citations

    38

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  3. Journal of Marriage and the Family

    56 publications · 4K citations

    35

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  4. American Anthropologist

    102 publications · 4.8K citations

    34

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  5. American Ethnologist

    AE · 52 publications · 4.2K citations

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