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Book Summary
About the Book: Kinship Structures and Foster Realations in Islamic Soctiey
This work is a fascinating and innovative study which provides a detailed
analysis of milk kinship; historically a medium for establishing complex social
and political networks. Based on the use of primary source material, the study
notes that Islamic tradition is unique in the attention it devotes to the
creation of milk kinship through wet nursing. A child nursed by a woman becomes
not only a blood relation to the nursing woman, but also a milk sibling to
others who shared her breast. This relationship also prevents future marriage to
a complicated array of relatives. The
- ISBN-13
- 9789382396109
- Language
- English
- Binding
- Hard Bound
- Publisher
- Indian Institute of Advanced Study
- Publishing Date
- 0
- Total Pages
- 171
Kinship Structures and Foster Realations in Islamic Soctiey
by Balkrishan Shivram (Author),
Indian Institute of Advanced Study (Publisher)
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Book Summary
About the Book: Kinship Structures and Foster Realations in Islamic Soctiey
This work is a fascinating and innovative study which provides a detailed
analysis of milk kinship; historically a medium for establishing complex social
and political networks. Based on the use of primary source material, the study
notes that Islamic tradition is unique in the attention it devotes to the
creation of milk kinship through wet nursing. A child nursed by a woman becomes
not only a blood relation to the nursing woman, but also a milk sibling to
others who shared her breast. This relationship also prevents future marriage to
a complicated array of relatives. The
Book Specifications
- ISBN-13
- 9789382396109
- Language
- English
- Binding
- Hard Bound
- Publisher
- Indian Institute of Advanced Study
- Publishing Date
- 0
- Total Pages
- 171