Focality and Extension in Kinship: Essays in Memory of Harold W. Scheffler by Warren Shapiro
English | 2018 | ISBN: 1760461814 | 428 Pages | PDF | 4.36 MB
When we think of kinship, we usually think of ties between people based upon blood or marriage. But we also have other ways—nowadays called ‘performative’—of establishing kinship, or hinting at kinship: many Christians have, in addition to parents, godparents; members of a trade union may refer to each other as ‘brother’ or ‘sister’.