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Introduction to Essay C : "What are the advantages of the concept of 'relatedness' over that of 'kinship'?"


This essay will explore the differences within the concepts of relatedness and kinship and whether relatedness holds advantages over that of kinship. The concept of relatedness can be said to have more advantages than that of kinship. This is because the idea of kinship, under traditional American kinship, is rather assumptious that all societies view kinship in the same way as Western countries do, which means that when exploring the different societies, this can create a narrowmindedness. On the other hand, the idea of relatedness (Carsten J, 1995) developed on the criticisms of Schneider (Schneider, 1984) who also believed that Radcliffe-Brown’s (Radcliffe- Brown A.R, 1952) idea of traditional kinship was narrowing his findings, allowed for the idea that kinships can be complex, and this is then when the idea of ‘relatedness’ was proposed. This suggests that relatedness has advantages over the idea of kinship as it doesn’t place every society into one category and allows for the complexities of what is humanity. Relatedness allows for all societies to be able to fit into this idea and not have their uniqueness’s to be disregarded due to it not following the traditional route of family and kinship. This allows for societies to still have legitimate family bonds between those who perhaps would not have traditionally been classed as in the same kinship family, perhaps due to the fact they don’t share blood or haven’t been married into the kin. 



Bibliography:

Carsten, J. (1995) ‘The substance of kinship and the heat of the hearth∫ feeding, personhood, and relatedness among malays in Pulau Langkawi,’ American Ethnologist. 22(2), p. 223-241.

Schneider, D. M. (1984) A Critique of the Study of Kinship. University of Michigan Press∫ Ann Arbor. p. 1-174

Radcliffe-Brown, A. R. (1952) ‘The mother’s brother in South Africa,’ in Structure and Function in Primitive Society . London∫ Routledge: Kegan Paul, p. 15-31























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