Chapter 13 Kinship, Marriage, And Family Flashcards
Natal family
The family into which a person is born and usually raised
Nuclear family
The family formed by a married couple and her children
Kinship chart
A visual representation of family relationships
Corporate groups
Groups of real people who work together toward a common ends, much like a corporation does
Extended families
Larger groups of relatives be on the nuclear family, often living in the same household
Clan
A group of relatives who claim to be descended from a single ancestor
Exogamous
A social pattern in which members of a clan must marry someone from another clan which has the effect of building political, economic, and social ties with other clans
Lineage
A group composed of relatives who are directly descended from known ancestors
Patrilineal
Reckoning descent through males from the same ancestors
Unilineal
Based descent through a single descent line, either male or females
Matrilineal
Reckoning descent through women, who are descended from an ancestral woman
Cognatic
Reckoning decent through either men or women from another ancestor
Genealogic amnesia
Structural process of forgetting whole groups of relatives, usually because they are not currently significant in social life
Teknonymy
A system of naming parents by the names of their children
Bride price or bridewealth
Exchange of gifts or money to compensate another clan or family for the loss of one of its women along with her productive and reproductive abilities and marriage
