Chapter 8 Part 2 Flashcards
Family Types
What is a Consanguine family?
consists of a woman, her dependent offspring, and the woman’s brothers; this exists in matrilineal kinship systems
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What is a Conjugal family?
2 or more married/common-law people with their dependent children; could be polygynous or polyandrous in form. (Has recently been expanded to include same-sex couples).
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What is Extended family?
a household of relatives and related nuclear family(s); related in part affinal (by marriage), in part consanguineal (by blood)
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What is a Nuclear Family?
married/common-law couple with children
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What is a Polygynous family?
1 man with multiple wives
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What is a Polyandrous family?
1 woman with multiple husbands
What are the function of a family?
Nurturance of Children
Children dependent on adults; children learn through observation and participation.
Residence Patterns
What is Patrilocal Residence?
The married couple lives with or near the relatives of the husband’s father.
Residence Patterns
What is Matrilocal Residence?
The married couple lives with or near the relatives of the wife.
Residence Patterns
What is Ambilocal Residence?
he married couple has a choice of living with either the relatives of the wife or the relatives of the husband.
Residence Patterns
What is Neolocal Residence?
The married couple establishes an independent place of residence away from the relatives of either spouse.
Residence Patterns
What is Avunculocal Residence?
The married couple lives with or near the relatives of the wife.
What are some traits of a Polyandry Relationship?
Older husbands dominate younger ones.
Fraternal polyandry (co-husbands are brothers)
Younger husbands often are the ones who leave and hunt to support their wife with a child from the other husbands
What are some traits of a Polygyny Relationship?
Sororal polygyny: co-wives are sisters
Separation and rotation: man spends time with wife with youngest children
