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Carsten SubstanceKinshipHeat 1995 by dorina pllumbi is a document available to read on EtoBox.
Malays on the island of Langkawi believe that personhood and kinship are fluid and mutable processes achieved through living together, consuming shared food, and the transmission of substance (particularly blood). This challenges anthropological definitions of kinship that focus on procreation and assume a separation between biological and social aspects of relationships. The article explores how Malays conceive of relatedness as emerging through various life stages from conception to death, with feeding an
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- dorina pllumbi
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