The Anthropology Of Sibling Relations

Download or read book The Anthropology of Sibling Relations written by E. Alber and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-07-17 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on international case studies, the contributors extrapolate a systematization of the ways in which siblingship is conceived on the basis of shared parentage, shared childhoods, and reciprocal care. They explore what makes these relations worth maintaining and how they contribute to community processes and to material and emotional survival.