elementary structures
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Elementary structures are fundamental kinship patterns that organize marriage rules and social relations in Claude Lévi-Strauss’s structural anthropology.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
anthropological concept
ⓘ
kinship system type ⓘ structuralist concept ⓘ |
| aimsToExplain | organization of social relations through marriage rules ⓘ |
| analyzedIn | Les Structures élémentaires de la parenté NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
small-scale societies
ⓘ
societies with explicit marriage prescriptions ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
dual organization
ⓘ
moiety systems ⓘ prescriptive cross-cousin marriage ⓘ section and subsection systems ⓘ |
| characterizedBy |
direct regulation of marriage choice
ⓘ
obligatory spouse categories ⓘ positive marriage rules ⓘ prescriptive marriage rules ⓘ |
| contrastedWith | complex structures ⓘ |
| coreIdea | fundamental kinship patterns that organize marriage rules and social relations ⓘ |
| critiquedBy | descent theorists ⓘ |
| critiquedFor |
limited applicability to modern complex societies
ⓘ
overemphasis on formal rules ⓘ |
| definedBy | Claude Lévi-Strauss NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| field |
kinship studies
ⓘ
social anthropology ⓘ structural anthropology ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
circulation of women as signs
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marriage as exchange ⓘ relations between kin groups rather than biological descent ⓘ |
| includesSubtype |
complex forms of generalized exchange
ⓘ
generalized exchange systems ⓘ restricted exchange systems ⓘ |
| influenced |
French structuralism in the social sciences
ⓘ
later kinship theory ⓘ |
| influencedBy | linguistic structuralism ⓘ |
| involves |
alliance formation between groups
ⓘ
exchange of women between kin groups ⓘ incest prohibitions ⓘ rules of endogamy ⓘ rules of exogamy ⓘ |
| keyConcept |
circulating connubium
ⓘ
cross-cousin marriage ⓘ reciprocity in marriage exchange ⓘ symmetry and asymmetry in alliance ⓘ |
| publicationYearOfKeyWork | 1949 ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
complex structures of kinship
ⓘ
exchange theory of kinship ⓘ incest taboo ⓘ marriage alliance ⓘ |
| theoreticalBasis |
alliance theory of kinship
ⓘ
structuralism ⓘ |
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