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parentescos por brincadeira

English translation: joking relationships

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Portuguese term or phrase:parentescos por brincadeira
English translation:joking relationships
Entered by: Todd Field

17:06 Sep 24, 2008
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Anthropology
Portuguese term or phrase: parentescos por brincadeira
Nota adicional sobre os parentescos por brincadeira.
Título do capítulo 5 do livro Estrutura e função na sociedade primitiva (Structure and function in primitive society) de Radcliffe-Brown. - É a bibliografia de conteúdo de curso de Antropologia/itemizado. Não há contexto textual, mas a idéia é casamento em sociedades africanas (África do Sul). Encontrei o título do livro, mas não o do capítulo.
liamara
Brazil
Local time: 16:56
joking relationships
Explanation:
Some quick research points to this as the probable term in English.

joking relationship (from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joking_relationship): A joking relationship is a term applied by anthropologists to the institutionalised form of interaction between certain pairs of people in some societies. Analysed by British social anthropologist Alfred Radcliffe-Brown in 1940, it describes a kind of ritualised banter that takes place, for example between a man and his maternal mother-in-law in some South African tribal societies.
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Todd Field
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Local time: 13:56
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joking relationships


Explanation:
Some quick research points to this as the probable term in English.

joking relationship (from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joking_relationship): A joking relationship is a term applied by anthropologists to the institutionalised form of interaction between certain pairs of people in some societies. Analysed by British social anthropologist Alfred Radcliffe-Brown in 1940, it describes a kind of ritualised banter that takes place, for example between a man and his maternal mother-in-law in some South African tribal societies.

Todd Field
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Local time: 13:56
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57 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
joking relationships


Explanation:
"A joking relationship is a term applied by anthropologists to the institutionalised form of interaction between certain pairs of people in some societies. Analysed by British social anthropologist Alfred Radcliffe-Brown in 1940[1], it describes a kind of ritualised banter that takes place, for example between a man and his maternal mother-in-law in some South African tribal societies."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joking_relationship


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