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Non-biological kinship
Cultures where alternative kinship is more common
Concepts
Nurture kinship
House society
Clan
Milk kinship
Godparent § Non-Christian traditions
Breastfeeding in Islam
Adult adoption
Cultural variations in adoption
Chinese kinship § Partial or no consanguinity
Step-family
Published works
book: "A Critique of the Study of Kinship", David M. Schneider, 1984
PDFs
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[2]
journal article: Wilson, Robert A.
"Kinship Past, Kinship Present: Bio‐Essentialism in the Study of Kinship."
American Anthropologist
118.3 (2016): 570-584.
TODO: dig into this more:
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.14318/hau3.2.016