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An essential work of reference for students and researchers of kinship, this Handbook will also be of interest to anyone working on issues related to gender, subjectivity, personhood, power relations, embodiment, globalization, and the history of social science thought.

"Two apparently contradictory things are both true about the anthropology of ethics. It is true that the academic discipline of anthropology has been concerned with ethics and morality throughout its whole history. It is also true that until the last couple of decades there was nothing that could reasonably be called the anthropology of ethics. Its advent has been felt to be such a distinct development that we are routinely said to have undergone an 'ethical turn', yet people also feel moved, equally routinely, to point out that anthropologists have been writing about morality all along, and they are indeed correct in saying this"--

With contributions from leading international scholars, this Handbook gives students and scholars a comprehensive view of the field of material culture, its developments, methodologies and theories. Presenting research from around the world, it focuses on multiple material and digital media that show the scope and breadth of this exciting field.

A state-of-the-field Handbook surveying the broad range of topics, approaches and theories within kinship studies today.