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Words and Processes in Mambila Kinship: The Theoretical Importance of the Complexity of Everyday Life

Words and Processes in Mambila Kinship: The Theoretical Importance of the Complexity of Everyday Life

by David Zeitlyn (Author)

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    Illustrated 2004

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Synopsis

Words and Processes in Mambila Kinship presents a set of studies of the way that Mambila speakers in Cameroon talk about themselves and their kin. Author David Zeitlyn employs conversational analytic methods to further the study of kinship terminologies. This book takes an important step toward a new synthesis between the practice of ethnography and the study of language while presenting African natural language data (still rare in mainstream linguistics) in an accessible format.

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Format: Illustrated
 Pages: 256
 Edition: Illustrated
 Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 23 Dec 2004
ISBN 10: 0739108018
ISBN 13: 9780739108017

Media Reviews
Zeitlyn has plunged enthusiastically into the domain of cultural instantiation, linking the formal structure of kinship terminologies with the arena of 'person referring conversations.' He brings to the surface a panoply of topics, ranging from the ethnography of a Mambila conversation to the problem of ethnographic translation, and shows us effective ways of integrating rigorous analysis with social and linguistic context. The result is a refreshing approach to kinship that recognizes its roots in past theories as it maps out new territory for future theorizing. -- Dwight Read, University of California, Los Angeles
Author Bio
David Zeitlyn is Reader in Social Anthropology at the University of Kent, Canterbury.