SOCI 1000U Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Life Serial, Biological Determinism, Group Marriage
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Family structure is shaped by cultural, economic, political structures, and global processes: main points. There is no one natural family form. The nuclear family is very recent (about 200 years old) it is uncommon in history. Families influence the social structure and vice versa throughout the history. Monogamy = married to one person for life. Serial monogamy = multiple relationships not simultaneously. Polygyny: more than one wife (fairly common) Polyandry: more than one husband (toda of india) Group marriage: rare (kurnandaburi of australia: patterns of authority. Reinforced through institutions like government, school, culture, etc. Matrilineal: the wealth of the family gets passed on through the mother"s side. Patrilineal: surname and wealth get passed down through the father"s side (male heirs) Almost all early societies (200,000 b. c until 2500 b. c), iroquois, exists on all continents of europe: nuclear family. Marriage is by choice and based on romantic love. Composed of man and woman with strict gender roles.
