COLLAB 2C03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Nuclear Family, Indigestion, Incest Taboo
2 Apr 2015
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An iniation in society: family of orientation and family of procreation: genitor biological father, pater- social father, genitrix- biological mother, mater -social father. Family a group related by: blood, marriage, adoption and fictive kinship (law) Household a group based on shared occupancy. Sanctioned union that establishes obligations and rights. Culturally defined forms: monogamy, polygamy, group marriage. Sexual relations have been devised overtime to avoid conflict and establish alliances (levi- Sex is regulated through marriage in all societies. The nandi have used same-sex marriage when a :good marriage cannot be made or no male heir. This marriage is encouraged if there is no male heir born into a family. Endogamy (pronounce in, means to marry in the group) ex. Exogamy exit, to marry outside the group. Matrilineal to trace decent through female line. Matriarchy female given the power (depends ethnicity) Polygamy multiple forms (polygyny male married to multiple women/ polyandry woman married to multiple men)
