The avunculate: a cross-cultural critique of Claude Levi-Strauss

Behavior Science Notes • Vol/Iss. 5 • Published In 1970 • Pages: 97-115 •

By Ryder, James W., Blackman, Margaret B.

Abstract

The authors test Levi-Strauss' theory of the avunculate, a special relationship between a mother's brother and his sister's son. They critique the theory on the grounds that many societies have a special relationship that could be called the avunculate but lack the other relationships predicted by Levi-Strauss.

Samples
Sample Used	Coded Data	Comment
World Ethnographic Sample (WES)	Researchers Own	selected subsample
compendium of coded data

Hypotheses (1)
Hypothesis	Supported
". . . in the avunculate . . . the relation between maternal uncle and nephew is to the relation between brother and sister as the relation between father and son is to that between husband and wife". [Attitudes are either free and familiar or hostile and reserved] (99, 100)	Not Supported

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The avunculate: a cross-cultural critique of Claude Levi-Strauss

Behavior Science Notes • Vol/Iss. 5 • Published In 1970 • Pages: 97-115 • Cite

By Ryder, James W., Blackman, Margaret B.

Abstract

Samples

Hypotheses (1)

Behavior Science Notes • Vol/Iss. 5 • Published In 1970 • Pages: 97-115 •