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What is kinship? Briefly explain G. P. Murdock’s contribution to the study of the kinship system.
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- Systems of Kinship in India
Kinship is the socially recognised network of relationships built on two principles: consanguinity, relatedness through socially acknowledged common descent, and affinity, relatedness created by marriage. It is not biology restated but a structured system of statuses, roles, terminology and jural obligation, which A. R. Radcliffe-Brown insisted be read as rights and duties rather than sentiment.…
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- Kinship as a system, not a list of relatives
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