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100 1 _aThomas, Northcote Whitridge,
_d1868-1936
245 1 0 _aKinship Organisations and Group Marriage in Australia
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2005
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2005-12-28
508 _aProduced by Robert Cicconetti, Julia Miller, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
520 _a"Kinship Organisations and Group Marriage in Australia" by Northcote Whitridge Thomas is a scientific publication written in the early 20th century. The book explores the intricate kinship structures and marriage practices among Australian Aboriginal societies, focusing specifically on totem kins, phratries, and the dynamics of group marriage. The text serves as a comprehensive examination intended to deepen understanding of the social fabric of these communities and encourage further research in this area of anthropology. The opening of the work establishes the author's intent to provide an in-depth survey of Australian kinship systems, distinguishing between various forms of social organisation based on birth rather than individual choice. Thomas discusses the persistence of the family system alongside tribal structures and highlights the complexity of kinship definitions, emphasizing the importance of both physiological and sociological factors in understanding these relationships. He outlines the significance of totem kins and the regulatory role they play in marriage prohibitions, setting the stage for a detailed analysis of kinship terms and their implications for social structures in Australia. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aEthnology -- Australia
653 _aTribes
653 _aAboriginal Australians -- Kinship
653 _aKinship
653 _aAboriginal Australians -- Social life and customs
653 _aMarriage -- History
653 _aConsanguinity
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17404
999 _c58791
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