Kinship in Bali

by Hildred Geertz, Clifford Geertz

This work constitutes the first book-length examination of Balinese kinship in English and an important theoretical analysis of the central ethnographic concept of "kinship system." Hildred and Clifford Geertz's findings challenge the prevailing anthropological notion of a kinship system as an autonomous set of institutionalized social relationships. Their research in Bali suggests that kinship cannot be studied in isolation but must be perceived as a symbolic subsystem governed by ideas and beliefs unique to each culture.

Genres: Anthropology, Nonfiction

228 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1975

Reviews

[June · Rating 4 out of 5]

i used this classic as one of the reference for an article I made about caste in Bali in 2010. an elaborated exploration of kinship in Bali, vividly explained for a newbie like me.