| 单词 | joking relationship |
| 释义 | joking relationshipjoking relationshipthe anthropological term for ritualized insulting behaviour. RADCLIFFE-BROWN is credited with identifying widespread patterns of insult and stealing practised on the mother's brother by the sister's son. He interpreted this as a means of releasing the tensions inherent in certain social structural arrangements. ‘Mother-in-law jokes’ are often seen as an example of the same phenomenon in UK culture. |
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