Themes in
this year’s conference included theoretical as well as ethnographic and
practical perspectives. Among the
questions explored:
- How should we evaluate the state of research on matrilineal society?
- Should we consider matrilineal systems not only as more or less accidental structures, but rather as cultural systems (in the Geertz sense of the term)?
- What are the distinctions and differentiations among terms frequently used, and how valid are they: matriarchal, matricentric, mastrifocal?
- What theoretical and practical consequences result from such a consideration?
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