ANTH 100A Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Kinship, Matrilocal Residence, Exogamy
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The complex system of culturally defined social relationships based on marriage and birth (c&c p142) Both blood and marriage may define kinship relations. English has a relatively simplistic vocabulary when it comes to kinship: Cousins - does not differentiate patrilateral/matrilateral, or by gender. Aunt / uncle - do not differentiate between consanguineal / affinal (by blood vs marriage - i. e. the difference between your father"s sister and your father"s brother"s wife) Even brother and sister do not differentiate between older and younger. In the case of determining family, of assessing who is parent to a child, a singular. Yes" or no" truth cannot rest solely on a dna test. What are some of the recent social transformations that may present new ways . How do the norms surrounding specific structural relationships, ie father/ daughter" or. Insights about relationships, mobility, life choices, generational change over time.
