Hua Cai
Belief – Institution – Behavior
A Comparison of Four Systems of Representation of the Body
Before medically assisted procreation and cloning, the fact that the birth of a child results from coupling between two sexes seemed evident to all ethnic groups on our planet, regardless of their cultural differences and geographical situations. Coupling is widely recognized as necessary for reproduction. However, based on this sexual act which seemed to be an obligatory rite of passage, man has invented various systems: matrilineal, patrilineal, of cognation, etc. What is the basis of this institutional diversity? Is it biological realities? Is it social facts? Is it psychological facts? Others? Or a combination of two or more of these?
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