Chapter-Related Readings

Introduction to comparative social organization; includes several chapters on interpretations of kinship classification systems.

Buchler, I. R., and H. A. Selby. (1968). Kinship and Social Organization: An Introduction to Theory and Method. New York: Macmillan.

How economists explain changes in birth rates and divorce rates and other features of family organization and functioning.

Cigno, A.. (1994). Economics of the Family. New York: Oxford University Press.

Consideration of kinship in the context of gender issues.

Collier, J. F., and S. J. Yangisako, eds.. (1987). Gender and Kinship: Essays toward a Unified Analysis. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press.

Examines some medical and genetic aspects of kinship, along with social dimensions of contemporary medical/genetics debates.

Finkler, K.. (2000). Experiencing the New Genetics: Family and Kinship on the Medical Frontier. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press.

Several important articles on kinship terminology.

Graburn, N., ed.. (1971). Readings in Kinship and Social Structure. New York: Harper & Row.

Families, family policy, and diversity in the contemporary United States.

Hansen, K. V., and A. I. Garey, eds.. (1998). Families in the U.S.: Kinship and Domestic Politics. Philadelphia: Temple University Press.

Excellent collection of articles on household research.

Netting, R. M. C., R. R. Wilk, and E. J. Arnould, eds.. (1984). Households: Comparative and Historical Studies of the Domestic Groups. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.

The basics of kinship study.

Parkin, R.. (1997). Kinship: An Introduction to Basic Concepts. Cambridge, MA: Blackwell.

Sex roles, kinship, and marriage in comparative perspective.

Pasternak, B., C. R. Ember, and M. Ember. (1997). Sex, Gender, and Kinship: A Cross-cultural Perspective. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

Reissue of a classic work, indispensable to understand kinship, descent, and marriage.

Radcliff-Brown, A. R., and D. Forde, eds.. (1994). African Systems of Kinship and Marriage. New York: Columbia University Press.

Contemporary family life in the United States, based on field work in California’s Silicon Valley.

Stacey, J.. (1998). Brave New Families: Stories of Domestic Upheaval in Late Twentieth Century America. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.

Kinship, gender roles, and gender identity.

Stone, L.. (2000). Kinship and Gender: An Introduction, 2nd ed.. Boulder, CO: Westview.

How contemporary anthropologists think about kinship

Stone, L.. (2000). New Directions in Anthropological Kinship. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield.

How does one recognize his or her kin if unilineal descent excludes some very close relatives?

Scheffler, H. W.. (2000). Filiation and Affiliation. Boulder, CO: Westview.

Kinship and family issues affecting gays and lesbians.

Weston, K.. (1991). Families We Choose: Lesbians, Gays, Kinship. New York: Columbia University Press.

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