Kinship Flashcards
ego
the person in relation to whom kinship relations are described
lineal relatives
in direct line of descent
collateral relatives
not in direct line of descent
parallel cousins
children of same sex siblings
cross cousins
children of opposite sex siblings
kinship
based on biology but culturally constructed
How do we relate to our relatives?
by blood, marriage or fictive kinship
extended family
consists of 3 or more generations (all with living members)
extended family household
in societies in which extended family household is the norm, the extended family is primary unit of social organization
zadruga
made up of several related families consisting of parents with their children, headed by the senior male and wife and housed their unmarried sons and daughters and married sons and wives/children, one room for each individual family and items are freely shared
tarawad
traditional extended family compound among the Nayars of India, it was headed by senior women, assisted by brother, it housed her unmarried sisters/daughters and bother/sons, married sons/daughters with children and married brothers/sons, childcare-responsibility of tarawad
tarawad definition
residential complex with houses, temple, granary, water well, orchards, gardens and farming fields
descent group
a large group of people who descended from same ancestor, larger than extended family since it includes generations with living members but also generations with no living members
lineage
a descent group based on demonstrated descent from a common original ancestor, chain of descent is known
patrilineage
forming ancestor is male, descent traced through paternal line, usually associated with patrilocality, political positions or property are passed down from a man to his kids, and from a woman to her bothers kids
