Translated by Nora Scott. London: Verso. 615pp. + index. US$49.95 / £30.00 (hardcover)
Maurice Godelier opens his magisterial tour of the “universe of kinship” with the observation that formal anthropological kinship theory has long been left for dead. What follows is a dazzling analysis that revisits ethnographic data on marriage, descent, siblinghood, …
The December 2011 issue of Ethos is a special issue, entitled “Psychological Anthropology and Adolescent Well-Being: Steps toward Bridging Research, Policy, and Practice.” Building upon recent interest in policy- and practice-based collaboration among the psychological anthropology community, the issue enacts such collaboration by pairing original research articles with commentary by policy experts and practitioners. As the editors, Eileen …
