Elite Families: Class and Power in Nineteenth-Century Boston.

Stanfield, John H.; Farrell, Betty; Cromwell, Adelaide M.

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“…Turning to economics, a number of historians and anthropologists have examined the relationships between forms of kinship and marriage and the rise of capitalism during various periods extending from approximately the 17th through the 19th century in Europe (Adams, 2005;Grassby, 2001;Sabean, 2007;Sabean and Teuscher, 2007) and in America (Farrell, 1993;Hall, 1977Hall, , 1978. The authors of the "Gens Feminist Manifesto for the Study of Capitalism" (Bear et al, 2015) seek, among other things, to understand how ideas of generation, generativity, and gendered kinship have shaped "the long history of the appropriation of human and non-human life-forces" at the core of capitalism.…”

Section: Challenging the Divide Between Kin-based And State-based Soc...mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The authors of the "Gens Feminist Manifesto for the Study of Capitalism" (Bear et al, 2015) seek, among other things, to understand how ideas of generation, generativity, and gendered kinship have shaped "the long history of the appropriation of human and non-human life-forces" at the core of capitalism. More specifically, the authors of the Gens Manifesto and others have explored how ideas and practices concerning kinship and marriage are integral to the very idea of production and productivity (Bear, 2013); to the formation and dynamics of family corporations (De Lima, 2000;Farrell, 1993;Kuper, 2001Kuper, , 2009Yanagisako, 2002Yanagisako, , 2013; to corporate organization-both national (Shever, 2012; and transnational (Rofel and Yanagisako, 2019); to transnational merchant trade networks (Ho, 2006); and to the development and organization of Boston and Wall Street financial institutions in the 19th century (Farrell, 1993;Supple, 1957).…”

Section: Challenging the Divide Between Kin-based And State-based Soc...mentioning

confidence: 99%

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What kinship is and is not in the work of Marshall Sahlins … and beyond

McKinnon

2023

Anthropological Theory

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This essay explores how anthropological assumptions about the differential place of kinship in kin-based and state-based societies shaped the work of Marshall Sahlins. On the one hand, I show how his expansive excursions into what kinship is, means, and does within the scope of kin-based societies clearly motivated some of his major contributions to anthropological theory: his critique of Western economic and biological determinisms; his exploration of the cultural dynamics of kinship as they articulate relations of hierarchy, power, and sovereignty; his rethinking of anthropological theories of structure; and his formulation of the concept of “performative” kinship. On the other hand, I analyze how these assumptions about the distinction between kin-based and state-based societies ultimately limited the scope of inquiry in his book, What Kinship Is—And Is Not. I then look beyond these limitations to more recent work in kinship studies that challenge the distinction between kin-based and state-based societies, and I end by arguing that, with regard to kinship studies, this distinction should best be left behind.

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