ANTH 1020H Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Fictive Kinship, Nuclear Family, Patrilineality
2 Apr 2018
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Descent: rules by which we identify and categorize our ancestors and offspring"s. Polyandry in nepal/tibet fraternally was once very common the wife ideally does not treat either of the husbands or children differently. Fraternal polyandry: two brothers married to the same woman. Nuclear family: parents and children (including adoptees: fictive kinship) Aa culture typically sees nuclear family as relatively autonomous, basic unit. But in many societies, nuclear family does not exist as a separate entity; always part of a larger network of kin. Fictive kin not actually biologically kin adopted kin. Extended family often is a much more common variable and usually means larger families or multiple nuclear families living together . Collateral family family with multiple siblings, living together with their spouses and children. There comes a point in the nuclear family where you need to move on (stigmas around living with parents at an older age)
