SOCL 2001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 27: Incest Taboo, Orthodox Judaism, Exogamy
Chapter 12
Families and Aging
• What is a family?
o And intimate group consisting of two or more people who:
▪ Have a committed relationship
▪ Care for one another
▪ Share close emotional ties and functions
• Five functions of the family
o Sexual regulation
▪ Incest taboo- forbids sex btw close blood relatives
o Procreation and socialization
o Economic security
o Emotional support
o Social class placement
• Definition of marriage from everybody loves raymond
o Said there will be fights just accept it
• Marriage
o Is a culturally universal rite of passage
o A socially approved mating relationship that ppl expect to be stable and enduring
▪ Endogamy- arriage ithi oe’s group
• Same Race, religion, or social class
▪ Exogamy- arriage outside oe’s group
• Different race, religion, social class
• Application
o Is it endo or exogamy?
▪ In the US, 24 states prohibit marriages between first cousins
• exo
▪ Orthodox Jews require that individuals marry within the Faith
• endo
▪ Some places require that individuals marry someone of opposite sex
• exo
▪ In India ppl are encouraged to marry within their caste
• Endo
• Nuclear vs Extended Family
o Nuclear
▪ Married parents and their children
▪ Typical family form in western societies
o Extended
▪ Parents, children, and other kin like uncles, nieces, cousins, and grandparents
▪ Most common in the world
• Residence patterns
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