Ancestors and relatives genealogy, identity and community / Eviatar Zerubavel.

Author/creator Zerubavel, Eviatar
Format Electronic
Publication InfoOxford ; New York : Oxford University Press,
Descriptionxii, 226 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
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Subjects

Contents The genealogical imagination -- Ancestry and descent -- Lineage -- Pedigree -- Origins -- Co-descent -- Kinship -- Community and identity -- Nature and culture -- Blood -- Nature or culture? -- The rules of genealogical lineation -- The rules of genealogical delineation -- The politics of descent -- Stretching -- Cutting and pasting -- Clipping -- Braiding -- Lumping -- Marginalizing -- Splitting -- Pruning -- The genealogy of the future -- Genealogical engineering -- Integration -- Segregation -- Extinction -- The future of genealogy.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2011005663
ISBN9780199773954 (cloth : alk. paper)

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