Part one of term paper
It is often demonstrated in many anthropological studies that kinship acts as an important means for social integrating in a given society. But is it a fair generalization to say that kinship always functions as a mechanism for social integration? Kinship refers to the relationships established through marriage or descent groups that has be ...

Part two of term paper
... Island, is where the Trobrianders, studied by Anette Wiener(1988), live. Death in the Trobrianders is a momentous event full of mourning and economical organization. The death of someone is a detailed example of how kinship can lead to social integrating. Wiener explains, " The message of death spreads rapidly to other villages where the dead person has relatives or friends," showing that death is not only uses kinship to integrate individuals, but entire villages too. The Trobrianders are a ma ...