Ideology and social inequality in the Tongan kinship system

[...]inequality may exist between societies as a whole, e.g. at a global level between western and non-western societies. [...]all sorts of interconnections may exist between the different levels and domains of social inequality. Subsequently, the same rules which apply to ego's brothers and si...

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Published in:Bijdragen tot de taal-, land- en volkenkunde land- en volkenkunde, 1988-01, Vol.144 (4), p.445-463
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Brothers
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Fathers
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Funerals
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Ideology
Inequality
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Children
Cousins
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Fathers
Field study
Funerals
Households
Ideology
Inequality
Interpersonal relationships
Kinship
Mothers
Polynesian languages
Polynesian studies
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Society
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