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1、Whatkinshipis(partone)jrai_16662..19MarshallSahlinsUniversityofChicagoAmodestproposalforsolvingthe150-year-oldproblemofwhatkinshipis,itsspecificquality,viz.mutualityofbeing:personswhoaremembersofoneanother,whoparticipateintrinsicallyineachother’sexistence.‘Mu
2、tualityofbeing’appliesaswelltotheconstitutionofkinshipbysocialconstructionasbyprocreation,evenasitaccountsfor‘themysteriouseffectivenessofrelationality’(ViveirosdeCastro),howitisthatrelativesliveeachother’slivesanddieeachother’sdeaths.Involvingsuchtransperso
3、nalrelationsofbeingandexperience,kinshiptakesitsplaceinthesameontologicalregimeasmagic,giftexchange,sorcery,andwitchcraft.Thesocialuniverse[ofPalaupeople]isdividedintopersonswhoareclassedaskauchadmutualperson(s)andthosewhoaresimplytaertironeofthem...Tiesofmu
4、tualityarecommonlyestablishedthroughconceptsofsharedblood,sharedland,sharedexchangeand/orsharedancestorswhooncebehavedasmutualpeople...ThesetiesofmutualityareglossedaskinshipbyEnglish-speakingPalauans.Smith1981:226Native[Piro]communitiesfocusontherelationshi
5、psinwhichfoodisproduced,circulated,andconsumed,suchthatfornativepeople,tolivewithkinislifeitself.Gow1991:119Despitethevariationinandcomplexityofwhat[Korowai]kinrelationsare,itisworthpostulatinganoverallqualitybywhichtheserelationsareknownandmeasured.Iwillcal
6、litaqualityofintersub-jectivebelonging.Stasch2009:128ThisisaFrazerian-stylepiece,whichistosay,anexerciseinuncontrolledcomparison.Asgraduatestudentsweusedtocallthelikeanamong-thetext,withethnographicexamplescherry-pickedfromamongthispeopleandthat.Mydefenceist
7、hatIamnottryingtoproveempiricallywhatkinshipis,onlytomakesomeexpositionofwhatIclaimitis.Iamtryingtodemonstrateanidea,forwhichpurposetheethnographicreportsaremainlymeanttoexemplifyratherthanverify.Inbrief,theideaofkinshipinquestionismutualityofbeing:peoplewho
8、areintrinsictooneanothersexistencethusmutualperson(s),lifeitself,intersubjectivebelonging.IarguethatmutualityofbeingwillcoverthevarietyofethnographicallyJournaloftheRoyalAnthropologicalInstitute
