The Descent of Rights and the Descent of Persons

Explication and evaluation of the relative ethnographic and theoretical merits of several constructions of "descent" and "descent groups" (by W. H. R. Rivers, M. Fortes, and W. Goodenough, among others) reveals that relations of descent can have right and duty values only where p...

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Veröffentlicht in:	American anthropologist 1986-06, Vol.88 (2), p.339-350
1. Verfasser:	Scheffler, Harold
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Children Communities Cultural anthropology Ethnography Ethnology Family organization. Family groups Family. Family relations Kinship Mothers Necessary conditions Parents Social groups Social structure and social relations Sufficient conditions
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Zusammenfassung:	Explication and evaluation of the relative ethnographic and theoretical merits of several constructions of "descent" and "descent groups" (by W. H. R. Rivers, M. Fortes, and W. Goodenough, among others) reveals that relations of descent can have right and duty values only where patri- or matrifiliation is the necessary and sufficient condition for inclusion in a social group. Therefore, only unilineally constituted groups should be described as descent groups.
ISSN:	0002-7294 1548-1433
DOI:	10.1525/aa.1986.88.2.02a00030