ANTH 2230 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Industrial Society, Matrilocal Residence, Patrilocal Residence

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTH 2230
• Professor: Satsuki Kawano

Document Summary

Historical perspectives: summary 3: this course on japan contributes to the anthropological study of alternative modernities, modernization is different from westernization, people in non-western cultures are actors and decision-makers. Family system in japan: what is the (cid:862)ste(cid:373) fa(cid:373)il(cid:455)(cid:863) (cid:894)ie(cid:895), the two major characteristics, it consists of generations of married couples, it includes ancestors and the unborn (yet to come) Who may join the stem family: brides marry in. 3: muko yoshi= (cid:862)adopted hus(cid:271)a(cid:374)ds(cid:863) (cid:373)arr(cid:455) i(cid:374, one child remains as the family successor. Branching (the stem family: extra adult children, married out, adopted out, establish a new branch family, the child who starts a new branch family by keeping his or her family name and taking a spouse. Kinship and descent: descent is traced bilaterally (but stem family based, succession, the position of the household head usually given to males, including adopted sons/husbands, residence- 3 types, patrilocal residence, matrilocal residence, neolocal residence.