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 [1] [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