1st Edition

Relationships, Residence and the Individual A Rural Panamanian Community

By Stephen Gudeman Copyright 1976
    296 Pages
    by Routledge

    294 Pages
    by Routledge

    Representing a departure from traditional studies of social organisation, the book asserts that a kinship system is best understood as a system of concepts rather than as a set of empirical relationships. Three aspects of life in the Panamanian community of Los Boquerones are described
    First published in 1976.

    1. The country, people and problem2. Village life and ties to the larger society3. Economic organization4. God, the devil and the saints5. The individual6. The household7. The household and the elementary family8. From natal to conjugal household9. Forms of conjugal relations 10. Conjugal instability11. Extra-domestic kinship and affinity12. Forming the 'compadrazgo'13. The structure of 'compadrazgo'14. Relationships, residence, religion and the individual

    Biography

    Stephen Gudeman