UCSP W7 Flashcards
is a social institution that refers to relations formed between members of the society
KINSHIP
is considered as the most basic and general form of relations. The relationship is achieved by birth or blood affinity. It is commonly called as relatives by blood
CONSANGUINEAL KINSHIP OR KINSHIP BASED ON BLOOD
refers to the type of relations developed when a marriage occurs.
AFFINAL KINSHIP OR KINSHIP BASED ON MARRIAGE
refers to the origin or background of a person in terms of family or nationality. It is a biological relationship
DESCENT
PRINCIPLES OF DESCENT
1.
a.
b.
2.
- Unilineal descent
a.Patrilineal
b.Matrilineal
2.Bilateral descent
usually traced through a single line of ancestors either from the patrilineal or matrilineal descent but not both
Unilineal descent
affiliates a person with a group of relatives through his or her father.
PATRILINEAL DESCENT
affiliates a person with a group of relatives through his or her mother
MATRILINEAL DESCENT
Kinship is traced through both ancestral lines of the mother and the father.
BILATERAL DESCENT
MARRIAGE ACROSS CULTURES
- ENDOGAMY OR COMPULSORY MARRIAGE
- EXOGAMY OR OUT-MARRIAGE
- MONOGAMY
- POLYGAMY
- POLYGYNY - POLYANDRY
- ARRANGED MARRIAGE
it refers to marriage within their own clan or ethnic group.
ENDOGAMY OR COMPULSORY MARRIAGE
it refers to marriage outside their own clan or ethnic group
EXOGAMY OR OUT-MARRIAGE
individual has only one spouse at a time
MONOGAMY
more than one spouse at a time
POLYGAMY
one man having multiple female partners
POLYGYNY