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1. Kurdistan Glocal. - 2. Fieldwork in a Danger Zone. - 3. A Man on the Land: Lineages, Identity, and Place. - 4. Gendered Challenges: Women Navigating Patriliny. - 5. Politicking . - 6. Refuge Seeking, Patriliny, and the Global. - 7. Kurdistan in the World

The "eshiret" ('eşîret in the romanized Kurmanji Kurdish alphabet) is a highly variable and situated concept and social and political entity in Kurdistan, the homeland of ethnic Kurdish people. This essay is based on regular ethnographic fieldwork I have been conducting in part of Kurdistan, the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. My first research stint was in the mid-1990s, and I was there most recently in 2016. During the early period of my research, I had a great deal of contact with people in nonurban settings for whom an eshiret may be an important social category and contributor to individual identity.

The original caption of this picture, which appeared in the 2000 Amnesty International wall calendar, tells us that it is of "Kurdish refugees" as they "collect wood for heating, village of Doganli, Turkish Kurdistan 1997." While other women trudge through the snow behind her, a woman has taken a moment out of her task of burdencarrying to pose for the camera. Most likely at the behest of the photographer, she affects a needy, helpless person reaching out for assistance.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- 1 Gender, Reproduction, and Kinship -- Enacting and Embodying Gender -- Gender and Reproduction -- What Is Kinship? -- The Kinship Code -- Key Concepts -- Kinship Theory -- Kinship and Gender -- Discussion Questions -- Suggested Further Reading -- Suggested Classroom Media -- Notes -- References -- 2 The Evolution of Kinship and Gender -- Kin Recognition -- Case 1: Deaths in the Families of Chimps -- Kin Selection -- Primate Kinship -- Reproduction, Aggression, and Dominance -- The Human Transition -- The Incest Taboo -- Nature, Culture, and Human Kinship -- Discussion Questions -- Suggested Further Reading -- Suggested Classroom Media -- Notes -- References -- 3 The Power of Patrilines -- Lineage and Clan -- Patrilocality -- Lineal Masculinity -- Case 2: The Nuer -- Case 3: Nepalese Brahmans -- Patrilineal Contrasts -- Discussion Questions -- Suggested Further Reading -- Suggested Classroom Media -- Notes -- References -- 4 Through the Mother -- The Matrilineal Puzzle -- Case 4: The Navajo -- Case 5: Visiting Husbands: The Nayar andthe Mosuo -- Matrilineal Contrasts -- The Matrifocal Family -- Discussion Questions -- Suggested Further Reading -- Suggested Classroom Media -- Notes -- References -- 5 Double, Bilateral, and Cognatic Descent -- Double Descent -- Case 6: The Beng -- Bilateral Societies -- Cognatic Descent -- Case 7: The Huli -- Descent, Residence, and Female Pollution -- Double and Cognatic Concerns -- Discussion Questions -- Suggested Further Reading -- Suggested Classroom Media -- Notes -- References -- 6 Marriage -- Monogamy, Polygyny, and Polyandry -- Case 8: Nyinba Polyandry -- Marriage and Alliance -- Exogamy and Cross-Cousin Marriage -- Exogamy and Exchange: Manipulating Women? -- Endogamy -- Marriage and Fertility