contrasting formal models

Hildred Geertz’s essay is structured dialectically, constantly contrasting formal models of kinship with the concrete family practices observed in Sefrou. It begins with a critical deconstruction of classical structuralist approaches that reduce the Moroccan family to fixed genealogical patterns, gradually revealing the dynamic complexity of real family relationships. Her analytical progression follows an inductive logic: she starts from meticulous ethnographic observations of daily interactions within households to construct a general theory of kinship as a social process. This architecture reflects her phenomenological approach, which privileges the lived experience of actors over abstract structures. Hildred Geertz organizes her argument around three interlocking levels of analysis ดูหนัง24