ANTH 2170 Lecture Notes - Lewis H. Morgan, Nuclear Family, Ancient Society

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Meaning and structure of family is determined by cultural values and beliefs and thus will vary across and within human societies: taking a culturally relative approach, example: david schneider"s article. Problem: hierarchies of families: nuclear family (male/female living together and preferably married) as norm, ideal because the relationship between two people creates a genetic bond and social relationship, derogatory labels for other types of families: Orphan term assumes that close connections related to biological connection = emotional connection. Example: those who claim that gay and lesbian marriages are not. Natural : politicians and others pull out the biology card when traditional family values are perceived to be under threat. The cultural construction of kinship in n. america: found that his informants said that whose your family? , we recognize kin relations by blood or by marriage. David schneider: kinship not universally about biology, normative model of kinship with 2 categories of kin in.

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