A contribuição de Henri-Alexandre Junod sobre o avunculado no debate com Radcliffe-Brown

Authors

  • Paulo Gajanigo Universidade Federal Fluminense

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/2179-0892.ra.2013.64496

Keywords:

Kinship Theory, Radcliffe-Brown, Henri-Alexandre Junod, structural-functionalism, ethnography.

Abstract

In this article, we revisit the debate between Radcliffe-Brown and Henri-Alexandre Junod. Along with the study of the not very well known Junod’s ethnography, we criticize the unilateral point of view of Junod as a representation of the pseudoscientific method of “conjectural history” –
Radcliffe-Brown’s position in his article “The Mother’s Brother in South Africa”. We do not deny this aspect, but we explore Junod’s analysis of tsonga kinship system as a whole, with special attention to the lobolo system. This system requires a different focus of analysis from the lineage system, therefore, we affirm that Junod’s view can be used as a critic of Radcliffe-Brown structural-functionalist approach. We conclude that this debate should not be read as a pure victory of structural-functionalism against the remains of evolutionist methods, moreover should be seen as expression of issues present in the anthropology kinship studies in XX century: kinship’s bilaterally, affinity and reciprocity.

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Author Biography

  • Paulo Gajanigo, Universidade Federal Fluminense
    Professor na Universidade Federal Fluminense.

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Published

2013-06-30

Issue

Vol. 56 No. 1 (2013)

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Gajanigo, P. (2013). A contribuição de Henri-Alexandre Junod sobre o avunculado no debate com Radcliffe-Brown. Revista De Antropologia, 56(1), 257-289. https://doi.org/10.11606/2179-0892.ra.2013.64496