Family, Kinship, and Marriage

How do the societies discussed in this week’s assigned texts and film understand marriage and family relationships?

Reading:
Geertz, Clifford. 2006. “Life without Fathers or Husbands.” In Conformity and Conflict: Readings in Cultural Anthropology, 12th ed., edited by James Spradley and David W. McCurdy, 202-209. Boston: Pearson and Allyn and Bacon.

Chalifoux, Christine. 2022. “Transracial Adoption and the Limits of Love,” Sapiens March 29.

Screening: Without Fathers or Husbands. 1995. Hua Cai, director. Documentary/ethnographic film.

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