Types of Marriage and Kin

Question 1

Kinship

Answer 1

refers to the ways in which people selectively

interpret reproduction and nurture
“Who’s child is that?”
“Whom do I take care of?”

Multifunctional: organizes many aspects of life (work, inheritance, rituals, culture)

Diversity in how groups are organized: no culture can keep track of ALL kinship

• Forget or ignore remote relationship
• Emphasize some relationships over others

Question 2

Clans

Answer 2

descend from an unclear ancestor

Shared ancestor
	•Clan sister or clan brother
		Extends beyond lineage
		Related only through clan
	•Can determine territory
	•Totemic Power or naming
		Symbols; share name
	•Have multiple lineages

Question 3

Marriage

Answer 3

culturally defined relationship between a man and a women from different families, which regulates sex and legitimizes children

Romantic love
Economic and social dimensions: decision of alliance; goes beyond romantic love

Question 4

Bride price

Answer 4

the groom’s family honors the bride/her family by giving the family something

Question 5

Bride service

Answer 5

groom serves bride’s family

Question 6

Dowry

Answer 6

bride pays the groom’s family

Question 7

Procreation

Answer 7

marriage provides boundaries of who’s lineage the child is a part of

Question 8

Endogamy

Answer 8

marry within the group

ethnic, religious, kinship oriented

Question 9

Exogamy

Answer 9

marry outside of the group

Question 10

Plural marriage (polygamy)

Answer 10

Two types: polygyny and polyandry

Question 11

Polygyny

Answer 11

one man, multiple women

Question 12

Polyandry

Answer 12

one woman, multiple men

Question 13

Fraternal polyandry

Answer 13

multiple brothers marry one woman

Question 14

Examples

Answer 14

• Kashmir: patrilineal/ patrilocal: your ethnicity is connected to your father’s ethnicity
• Hopi: matrilineal/ matrilocal: lineage passes from mother to daughter/
• Property is inherited though the mother/ children part of wife’s lineage
• Rituals belong to lineage
• Father’s role: more of a friend/ tolerant/ work for wife’s lineage
• Doesn’t discipline the children (ie. Maternal uncle)