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Show Detail: Faces of Culture, Program 14

ShowID

559

Event Date:

8/16/2006

Length:

00:28:39

Category:

GSU Telecourse

Producer

PBS

Comments

Comments: The program begins with a brief examination of kinship and descent considerations in the United States, including inheritance patterns, children's names, married names, and important family names in business and government. The main focus of the program is on ways in which other cultures are organized around descent patterns. These include the matrilineal pattern of the Trobriand Islanders and the economic and religious importance of the Mendi clans [cf., Dead Birds]. Methods of determining descent are illustrated in ethnographic film footage and with the use of interesting graphics.

LocalID:

FOC14

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