Two Studies of Kinship in London

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 5 I. INTRODUCTION by Raymond Firth General Considerations, I I The Problem and the Origin of the Study, 21 Method, 23 II. KINSHIP IN SOUTH BOROUGH 33 by Raymond Firth and Judith Djamour The Background (H.B.B.), 33 Households, 34 Recognition of the Kinship Principle, 36 The Kinship System, 37 Knowledge of Kin, 37 Kinship Grouping, 40 Differentiation among Kin, 42 Social Relationships between Kin, 46 Empirical Data: the Ingles Case, 48 Indices of Kin Contacts, 51 Factors influencing Social Relations with Kin, 58 Summary and Conclusions, 62 III. KINSHIP ORGANISATION OF ITALIANATES IN LONDON 67 by Philip Garigue and Raymond Firth The Social Background, 67 Kin and Status, 69 Selection of Informants, 70 Households, 71 The Structure of the Kinship System, 73 Range of Kin Knowledge, 73 Social Relations between Kin, 83 Factors affecting Kin Relationship, 88 Summary and Conclusions, 92 BIBLIOGRAPHY 94