Two Crows Denies It: A History of Controversy in Omaha Sociology - Softcover

R.H. Barnes; Raymond J. DeMallie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 080326254X ISBN 13: 9780803262546

Publisher: University of Nebraska Press, 2006

Synopsis

In Two Crows Denies It, R. H. Barnes undertakes an ambitious historical analysis of anthropological scholarship about Omaha kinship systems. His ground breaking work offers a critique of this established scholarship, including the work of Lévi-Strauss, Dorsey, and Fletcher.

In comparing the primary and secondary accounts of Omaha descent, relationship, and naming systems, Barnes reveals the dissonance between the reality of Omaha society and the scholarship that has formed around it. Not only does he put forth a new and more realistic interpretation of Omaha sociology specifically, but in so doing he provides a reinterpretation of an aspect of anthropological theory. This edition includes a new introduction by Raymond J. DeMallie.

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Review:

"An important contribution to the anthropological literature of American Indian social systems."--American Indian Culture and Research Journal--American Indian Culture and Research Journal

"A major contribution to kinship studies and one which will certainly lead many of us--including myself--to qualify their interpretations."--Claude Lévi-Strauss--Claude Lévi-Strauss

"A major contribution to the study of kinship, comparative ethnology, and the sociology of anthropological knowledge. The book deserves careful attention by anyone interested in the nature of anthropological inquiry."--Plains Anthropologist--Plains Anthropologist

About the Author:

R. H. Barnes is a professor of anthropology at Oxford University, specializing in North American and Southeast Asian social anthropology. His publications include Sea Hunters of Indonesia: Fishers and Weavers of Lamalera.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 080326254X
• ISBN 13: 9780803262546
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272