Ritual Kinship, Volume II : : Ideological and Structural Integration of the Compadrazgo System in Rural Tlaxcala / / Hugo Gino Nutini.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999
• VerfasserIn: Nutini, Hugo Gino,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]; ©1984
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Edition: Course Book
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 756
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (522 p.)

This sequel to the first volume of Ritual Kinship (Princeton, 1980) completes a comprehensive account of one of the most pervasive and significant of Latin American institutions. Volume II examines the permanent dimensions of the compadrazgo system and its role in the organization of local society.Originally published in 1984.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- Introduction -- PART I. The Structural Analysis of the Compadrazgo System -- Map -- CHAPTER 1. The Sacred Nature of Compadrazgo in Belen and the Characteristics of the Mediating Entity -- CHAPTER 2. The Personnel of the Compadrazgo System -- CHAPTER 3. The Structural Implications of Asking and Being Asked to Enter into a Compadrazgo Relationship -- CHAPTER 4. Confianza, Respeto, and Reliance -- CHAPTER 5. The Preferential and Prescriptive Structure of Compadrazgo -- CHAPTER 6. The Structural Implications of Symmetrical and Asymmetrical Compadrazgo Relationships -- CHAPTER 7. The Permanent and Temporary Dimensions of Compadrazgo Relationships -- CHAPTER 8. The Structural and Functional Implications of Interchangeable Compadrazgo Types -- CHAPTER 9. The Structural Articulation and Ritual-Symbolic Nature of Public-Communal Compadrazgo Types -- CHAPTER 10. The Conscious and Unconscious Nature of Compadrazgo and the Absolute and Relative Importance of Compadrazgo Types -- CHAPTER 11. Ritual Kinship Terminology -- CHAPTER 12 .Ritual Kinship Behavior -- CHAPTER 13. The Egocentric Developmental Cycle of Compadrazgo -- CHAPTER 14. The Exocentric Developmental Cycle of Compadrazgo -- PART II. The Functional Analysis of the Compadrazgo System -- CHAPTER 15. The Political, Economic, and Demographic Functions of Compadrazgo -- CHAPTER 16. The Religious and Social Functions of Compadrazgo -- CHAPTER 17. The Magico-Symbolic Functions of Compadrazgo -- Conclusions -- Appendix: The Epistemological and Ontological Foundations of the Analytical Framework -- Notes -- Glossary -- References Cited -- Index -- Backmatter