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ANCESTORS AND RELATIVES This page intentionally left blank ANCESTORS AND RELATIVES Genealogy, Identity, and Community Eviatar Zerubavel 1 Oxford University Press, Inc., publishes works that further Oxford University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education. Oxford New York Auckland Cape Town Dar es Salaam Hong Kong Karachi Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Nairobi New Delhi Shanghai Taipei Toronto With offi ces in Argentina Austria Brazil Chile Czech Republic France Greece Guatemala Hungary Italy Japan Poland Portugal Singapore South Korea Switzerland Th ailand Turkey Ukraine Vietnam Copyright © 2012 by Eviatar Zerubavel Published by Oxford University Press, Inc. 198 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10016 www.oup.com Oxford is a registered trademark of Oxford University Press All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitt ed, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of Oxford University Press. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Zerubavel, Eviatar. Ancestors and relatives : genealogy, identity, and community / Eviatar Zerubavel. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-19-977395-4 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Genealogy—Social aspects. 2. Genealogy—Psychological aspects. 3. Genealogy—Political aspects. 4. Families. 5. Kinship. 6. Heredity. I. Title. CS14.Z47 2011 929′.1—dc22 2011005663 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper To Yael, Noga, and Noam— the relatives I have actually chosen This page intentionally left blank A ttai begot Nathan, and Nathan begot Zabad; and Zabad begot Ephlal, and Ephlal begot Obed; and Obed begot Jehu, and Jehu begot Azariah; and Azariah begot Helez, and Helez begot Eleasah; and Eleasah begot Sisamai, and Sisamai begot Shallum; and Shallum begot Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begot Elishama. —I Chronicles 2:36–41 All living creatures are cousins. —Richard Dawkins, Th e Ancestor’s Tale , 13 This page intentionally left blank CONTENTS Preface xi 1. Th e Genealogical Imagination 3 2. Ancestry and Descent 15 Lineage 16 Pedigree 23 Origins 26 3. Co-Descent 31 Kinship 31 Community and Identity 46 4. Nature and Culture 53 Blood 53 Nature or Culture? 59 Th e Rules of Genealogical Lineation 65 Th e Rules of Genealogical Delineation 71 5. Th e Politics of Descent 77 Stretching 78
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