The Developmental Cycle in Domestic Groups (Cambridge Papers in Social Anthropology, Series Number 1) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 052109660X ISBN 13: 9780521096607

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1971

Synopsis

Social scientists, when making their studies of the structure of family groups, have often observed the current situation of a particular group of families and drawn conclusions from that static picture. Valuable as many of these conclusions may be, they are incomplete because they overlook the important fact that the structure of the family changes. These changes can be fitted into a developmental cycle in which the family or group changes in composition from its original two members to a larger group and finally two again. This book, originally published in 1958, is introduced by a substantial essay and reviews the papers collected here and discusses the theoretical background and implications of the use of the concept of the developmental cycle. The papers each demonstrate how the changing structure of the domestic group may be seen to explain otherwise obscure elements of the particular society.

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Book Description

Social scientists studying the structure of family groups, have often observed the current situation of a particular group of families and drawn conclusions from that static picture. These studies are incomplete because they overlook the important fact that the structure of the family changes. This book demonstrates how the changing structure of the domestic group may be seen to explain otherwise obscure elements of the particular society.

About the Author

Jack Goody is Emeritus Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of St John's College. Recently knighted by Her Majesty The Queen for services to anthropology, Professor Goody has researched and taught all over the world, is a Fellow of the British Academy and in 1980 was made a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 2004 he was elected to the National Academy of Sciences and he was elected Commandeur des Arts et Lettres in 2006.

Jack Goody is Emeritus Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of St John's College. Recently knighted by Her Majesty The Queen for services to anthropology, Professor Goody has researched and taught all over the world, is a Fellow of the British Academy and in 1980 was made a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 2004 he was elected to the National Academy of Sciences and he was elected Commandeur des Arts et Lettres in 2006.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1971
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 052109660X
• ISBN 13: 9780521096607
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 154
• Editor: Goody Jack