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The Heat of the Hearth

The Heat of the Hearth The Process of Kinship in a Malay Fishing Community - Oxford Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology

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Publisher's Synopsis

Carsten presents an investigation into the nature of kinship in Malaysia, based upon her own experience of life as a foster daughter in a family on the island of Langkawi. She shows that the hearth is central to the political process in the villages.

Book information

ISBN: 9780198280453
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Imprint: Clarendon Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 306.83095951
DEWEY edition: 20
Language: English
Number of pages: 314
Weight: 589g
Height: 228mm
Width: 152mm
Spine width: 25mm