Chapter 6 Kinship And Domestic Life Flashcards
What is kinship?
Kinship is the complex system of culturally defined social relationships based on marriage (the principle of affinity) and birth ( the principle of consanguinity)
What are the functions of kinship?
- continuation of a group
- where group members should live
- maintaining social order
- kin groups provide support and structure for production etc
- social positions passed through successtion and inheritance
Why is kinship a system?
- connected to social and cultural norms of society
- social economic and political rules are also connected to kinship systems
- children’s personality,marriage options and responsibility are shaped by kinship
What is a diagram, genealogy and six-terminological naming system
- diagram: systematic way of presenting data on the kinship relations of an individual called “ego”
- genealogy: diagram tracing descent of ego to common ancestor
- six: first cultural groups to be studied based on their kinship genealogy
What are the three ways of being kin?
- descent system
- sharing
- marriage
What is descent
- The tracing of kinship relationship through parentage
- descent creates a line of people from whom someone is defended through history
What are the types of decent
- bilateral descent: descent group formed by people that are believe they are related to other people through there mothers and fathers equally and simultaneously
- unilineal descent: link throug either a father or mother
What percent of the worlds cultures is unilineal descent system and what societies are they most associated with
- 60%
- pastoral, horticulture, and agriculture modes of production
What are the three types of unilineal descent
- patrilineal descent
- matrilineal descent
- double descent
What is lineage
A localized group that is based on unilineal descent that usually has some corporate powers
What’s a clan?
They believe that they all descended from a common ancestor
Describe bilateral descent
- descent is traced equally from both mother and father
- married couple live away from their parents
- inheritance is allocated equally between siblings
- dominant in foraging and industrial societies
What are some example of exchanges during a wedding?
- dowry and groom price
- bride price bride wealth
- bride-service
What are the rules of exclusions in marriage
- incests taboos
- rule prohibiting marriage or sexual intercourse between certain kinship relations
- bride exchange
What is monogamy, polygamy
- mono: a marriage pattern pattern in which a person may be married to only one person at a time
- poly: marriage with more than one person at a time (polygyny multiple wives, polyandry multiple husbands)
