ANTH 2 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Nuclear Family, Kinship, Consanguinity
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Basic types of households (group of people who live together and share resources) Nuclear family household: organized around the relationship between husband and wife (conjugal tie) Consists of a married couple and their children. Composite (compound) family household: consist of several nuclear families linked by a common spouse (polygamy) Ex: one man with several wives and their respective children. Extended family household: family based on blood relations extending over three or more generations. Based on consanguinity blood ties between relations extending over three or more generations. Consists of two or more generations of male or female kin and their spouses and offspring, occupying a single household. Neolocal: married couples set up new independent households. Family of orientation: the family into which one is born and raised. Family of procreation: the family that one forms by becoming a parent and raising one or more children. Patrilocal: wives move in with their husband"s extended family.
