ANTHRO 1000 Study Guide - Final Guide: Kin Kin, Parallel And Cross Cousins, Unilineality
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Family- a social group that shares common residence, and economically cooperative (most societies look at family as including the extended family) Polyandry- marriage of a woman to two or more men at one time; a form of polygamy. Division of labor- males do one job, females another. Incest- a human universal; refers to who you can and you can"t marry. Westermarck effect- says that kids that grew up together won"t seek relationships. Nuclear family- just the married couple and their offspring. Polygamy- one individual having multiple spouses at the same time; from the greek words poly (many) and gamos (marriage) Serial marriage- a marriage form in which a man or a woman marries or lives with a series of partners in succession. Dowry- payment of a woman"s inheritance at the time of her marriage, either to her or to her husband. Affinal kin- kin by marriage, people married into the family (american culture blurs affinal kin into consanguinal kin)
