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This chapter provides an overview of some of the core tenets of the field of kinship studies, drawing predominantly on anthropological studies. The introduction also defines critical kinship studies, and provides an overview of the chapter topics in the rest of the book.
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Riggs, D.W., Peel, E. (2016). Introduction. In: Critical Kinship Studies. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-50505-7_1
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