Marilyn Strathern is professor of social anthropology at the University of Cambridge, England. She is the 2003 recipient of the Viking Fund Medal in Anthropology. Among her many writings are The Gender of the Gift (University of California Press) Kinship at the Core (Cambridge University Press), and Partial Connections (Rowman & Littlefield).

• Part 1 Part I: Producers and Transactors Chapter 2 Hagen Society Chapter 3 Residence and Work: The Woman with Her Husband's Kin Chapter 4 The Household Chapter 5 The Roads of Marriage Chapter 6 Kin at Her Back Chapter 7 Producers and Transactors Part 8 Part II: The Independent Woman Chapter 9 Pollution and Poison Chapter 10 Marital Stability Chapter 11 Focus for Blame Chapter 12 Settlement of Disputes Chapter 13 Judicial Status Chapter 14 Status, Incorporation and Commitment Chapter 15 Appendices

Marilyn Strathern is professor of social anthropology at the University of Cambridge, England. She is the 2003 recipient of the Viking Fund Medal in Anthropology. Among her many writings are The Gender of the Gift (University of California Press) Kinship at the Core (Cambridge University Press), and Partial Connections (Rowman & Littlefield).

• Part 1 Part I: Producers and Transactors Chapter 2 Hagen Society Chapter 3 Residence and Work: The Woman with Her Husband's Kin Chapter 4 The Household Chapter 5 The Roads of Marriage Chapter 6 Kin at Her Back Chapter 7 Producers and Transactors Part 8 Part II: The Independent Woman Chapter 9 Pollution and Poison Chapter 10 Marital Stability Chapter 11 Focus for Blame Chapter 12 Settlement of Disputes Chapter 13 Judicial Status Chapter 14 Status, Incorporation and Commitment Chapter 15 Appendices

Marilyn Strathern is professor of social anthropology at the University of Cambridge, England. She is the 2003 recipient of the Viking Fund Medal in Anthropology. Among her many writings are The Gender of the Gift (University of California Press) Kinship at the Core (Cambridge University Press), and Partial Connections (Rowman & Littlefield).

• Part 1 Part I: Producers and Transactors Chapter 2 Hagen Society Chapter 3 Residence and Work: The Woman with Her Husband's Kin Chapter 4 The Household Chapter 5 The Roads of Marriage Chapter 6 Kin at Her Back Chapter 7 Producers and Transactors Part 8 Part II: The Independent Woman Chapter 9 Pollution and Poison Chapter 10 Marital Stability Chapter 11 Focus for Blame Chapter 12 Settlement of Disputes Chapter 13 Judicial Status Chapter 14 Status, Incorporation and Commitment Chapter 15 Appendices