ANT 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Kinship, Parallel And Cross Cousins
9 Dec 2016
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Kinship: social relationships of blood or marriage; focal point of social organization in pre- industrial societies i. e. immediate, extended family, types: Fictive people that are close enough (in relationship) to be considered a family member, when they are not technically related i. e. godparents, close family friends, aunts and uncles. Forms of descent groups: descent group: group of people that are linked baked on genealogical connections to common ancestor(s) Bilateral there is no major division. Unilineal descent groups: consanguineal kin who can trace genealogical links to common ancestor. Corporate exists even though people die/come in continuously. One person controls how the group helps each other out. Provide aid, identity and security to members. Kinship charts: triangles males, circles females, square unknown, = - married, vertical line generation down, horizontal line of the same generation, ego hypothetical person. Cousin marriages: parallel cousin: solidify assets within lineage. Father"s (cid:271)rother"s (cid:272)hild or (cid:373)other"s sister"s (cid:272)hild.
