house society
house society · house societies
A society where kinship and political relations are organized around membership in…A society where kinship and political relations are organized around membership in corporately-organized dwellings rather than around descent groups or lineages.
Meaning
1 sensesA society where kinship and political relations are organized around membership in corporately-organized dwellings rather than around descent groups or lineages.
Origin
Calque of French société à maison, coined by Claude Lévi-Strauss.Calque of French société à maison, coined by Claude Lévi-Strauss.
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Forms
plural: house societies| Singular | house society |
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