The Ethics of Kinship: Ethnographic Inquiries

“The much desired reawakening of interest by anthropologists in the topic of kinship, central to the history of their discipline, has depended on making coherent use of the outpouring of rich culture theories of recent years concerning the concept of the self, gender, issues of subjectivity, and finally, ethics. This compelling and highly readable volume of interwoven narratives and analyses not only sets the terms of this renaissance but also the kinds of debates by which it could be sustained.” ―George Marcus, author of Anthropology As Cultural Critique: An Experimental Moment in the Human Sciences

“The resulting collection is very welcome as it not only constitutes an interesting read in its own right but is also a contribution for the present renewal of debates in the anthropology of kinship.” ―João de Pina-Cabral, University of Lisbon, Anthropological Quarterly

“Only a few collections exist to give readers an overview of this expanding subfield, and of these, none meld theory with autoethnography in the way undertaken by this collection. The Ethics of Kinship will make an original and provocative contribution to the growing literature on the new kinship studies.” ―Kath Weston, Harvard University