ANTH 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Lewis H. Morgan, Consanguinity, Patrilineality
16 Sep 2016
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Each person has aunts, uncles and cousins on both sides. Children are members of both the father"s and mother"s families. But, this isn"t the only way people think of family- it"s cultural. Social recognition as a new family unit. Are 5 husbands better than one? (ted x video) Studied systems of marriage in himalayans, nepal in small village. Used many different systems, like polygamy, polyandry, monogamy, etc. More flexible systems of marriage- recognized that one system doesn"t work for everyone. Need to be more open-minded about other marriage systems. How people are related to one another. Includes biological descent and affiliation through social practices like marriage. How kinship relations are formed and reckoned varies from one culture to another. Social identity- clan, lineage, sub-lineage- who you are. Livelihood- occupation, career, etc. might be passed down or your lineage is confined to a certain job. Home- e. g. when married, woman moves into husband"s parents house, etc.
