Born and bred : idioms of kinship and new reproductive technologies in England / Jeanette Edwards.

  • Edwards, Jeanette, 1954-
Date:
2000
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Publication/Creation

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.

Physical description

viii, 264 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.

Contents

List of plates -- List of figures -- List of maps -- List of tables -- Note on typography -- Pt. 1. In social anthropology. 1. Familiar places ; 2. Why kinship? -- Pt. 2. In Bacup. 3. Naming and placing ; 4. In-migration and out-migration ; 5. Houses and homes ; 6. The same and different ; 7. Common knowledge -- Pt. 3. In kinship. 8. An expertise in kinship ; 9. Gametes need names -- References -- Index.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-257) and index.

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    HQ616.15.B33 2000E38b
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ISBN

  • 0198233949