Fatherless Children and Listening Spirits

IF 1 3区社会学 Q2 ANTHROPOLOGY

Social Analysis Pub Date : 2021-12-01 DOI:10.3167/sa.2021.650408

Rosalie Stolz

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Abstract

Kinship among Khmu villagers of northern Laos is usually presented in anthropology as patrilineal. However, the ritual of a ‘small marriage’ can confirm a child’s belonging to the mothers’ house. The affirmation of the child’s maternal belonging is simultaneously about separation and exclusion from paternal ties and requires for its success careful measurements of kinship. During the ritual, quantities of food, gifts, and money become indicators of belonging. Human measurements are accompanied by spirit measurements that are unknowable but can have fatal consequences. Even though rituals are meant to achieve closure and establish belonging, ambiguities remain as a result of diverging measurements of kinship.

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没有父亲的孩子和倾听的灵魂

在人类学中，老挝北部的克穆族村民的亲属关系通常表现为父系关系。然而，“小婚姻”的仪式可以确认孩子属于母亲的家。对孩子的母性归属的肯定同时也意味着与父亲关系的分离和排斥，并且需要对亲属关系进行仔细的衡量才能成功。在仪式中，食物、礼物和金钱的数量成为归属感的标志。人类的测量伴随着精神的测量，这些测量是不可知的，但可能会产生致命的后果。尽管仪式是为了实现封闭和建立归属感，但由于对亲属关系的不同衡量，模糊性仍然存在。

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Social Analysis ANTHROPOLOGY-

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2.20

自引率

7.10%

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审稿时长

16 weeks

期刊介绍： Social Analysis is an international peer-reviewed journal devoted to exploring the analytical potentials of anthropological research. It encourages contributions grounded in original empirical research that critically probe established paradigms of social and cultural analysis. The journal expresses the best that anthropology has to offer by exploring in original ways the relationship between ethnographic materials and theoretical insight. By forging creative and critical engagements with cultural, political, and social processes, it also opens new avenues of communication between anthropology and the humanities as well as other social sciences. The journal publishes four issues per year, including regular Special Issues on particular themes. The Editors welcome individual articles that focus on diverse topics and regions, reflect varied theoretical approaches and methods, and aim to appeal widely within anthropology and beyond. Proposals for Special Issues are selected by the Editorial Board through an annual competitive call.