Title: the substance of kinship and the heat of the hearth: feeding, personhood, and relatedness among Malays in Pulau Langkawi
Abstract:Malays on the island of Langkawi become complete persons, that is, kin, through living and consuming together in houses. Identity and substance are mutable and fluid. These perceptions suggest a proce...Malays on the island of Langkawi become complete persons, that is, kin, through living and consuming together in houses. Identity and substance are mutable and fluid. These perceptions suggest a processual view of kinship and personhood. They challenge anthropological definitions of kinship, which focus on procreation and which assume a universal division between the “biological” and the “social.” [Malay, kinship, personhood, feeding, social, biological]Read More
Publication Year: 1995
Publication Date: 1995-05-01
Language: en
Type: article
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