Kinship and Marriage Flashcards
[ Identification ]
A system of meaning and power relations to determine relationships, rights and responsibilities, and expectations.
Kinship (Pagkakamag-anak)
[ What are these? ]
- Consanguineal
- Affinal
- Fictive
Types of Kinship System
[ Identification: Types of Kinship System ]
Kinship based on biology or blood lines.
Consanguineal
[ Identification: Types of Kinship System ]
Kinship through rituals like marriage.
Affinal
[ Identification: Types of Kinship System ]
Kinship that is neither consanguineal or affinal.
Usually based on friendship and other personal relationships.
Fictive
[ Fill in the blanks ]
The main function of kinship is to _____ successive generations.
The main function of kinship is to bind successive generations.
[ What are these? ]
- Vertical
- Horizontal
Functions of Kinship
[ Identification: Functions of Kinship ]
To pass on properties, political office, and traditions within and to subsequent generations.
Vertical
[ Identification: Functions of Kinship ]
Refers to the ties of people across a single generation through marriage.
Horizontal
[ Identification ]
- Refer to the permanent social units whose members claim common ancestry.
- Membership is lifelong and determined at birth.
Descent Groups
[ What are these? ]
- Unilineal Descent
- Cognatic or Non-unilineal Descent
Types of Rules of Descent
[ Identification: Types of Rules of Descent ]
- Refers to the tracing of ancestry through only one parent.
- Either the mother’s line (matrilineal) or the father’s line (patrilineal).
- Mostly commonly found in societies in wealth foraging, small-scale farming, and nomadic herding.
Unilineal Descent
[ Identification: Unilineal Descent ]
An ego that belongs to the ______ descent refers to his or her ancestry through the female line.
Matrilineal Descent
[ Identification: Unilineal Descent ]
An ego that belongs to the ______ descent refers to his or her ancestry through the male line.
Patrilineal Descent
[ Identification: Types of Rules of Descent ]
- Allows rules construction based on social groups.
- Bonds are traced from the side of both mother and father.
Cognatic or Non-unilineal Descent