Keim and kinship: reflections on a cultural concept of German-Brazilian settlers
Woortmann, E.F.
Revista Brasileira de Estudos de Populacao 5(1): 21-35
1988
ISSN/ISBN: 0102-3098 PMID: 12342019 Document Number: 357131
"In this study the author analyses the cultural --Keim corresponds to the 'sap' of the genealogical tree through which the families are organized in stem households. The category is fundamental for the understanding of marriage exchanges, that is, the possibilities of alliances as well as the endogamy of the group. By the opposing principles, strong and weak Keim, the peasants explain their present decadence as well as the general decline in the number of children." (SUMMARY IN ENG)