SOCI 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Matrilocal Residence, Patrilineality, Endogamy
12 Apr 2017
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Family: social institution that unites individuals into cooperative groups that oversee the bearing and raising of children traditionally family related by blood, marriage, or adoption, marriage > legally sanctioned relationship. Pre-industrial: extended family were the norm; family of orientation; extended families emphasized arranged marriages that were: endogamous > marriage between persons of same social categories, exogamous > marriage between persons of different social categories. Polygamy: marriage uniting 3 or more people: polygyny > 1 male + 2 or more females // more common of the two, polyandry > 1 female + 2 or more males. Living situations among marriage vary: patrilocality > couple lives with husband"s family // patrilineal descent is the norm in agrarian societies, matrilocality > couple lives with wife"s family // matrilineal descent evident in some horticulture societies. Laws prescribe monogamy (2 partners) as the norm by with divorce and remarriage, one can engage in serial monogamy: marital satisfaction highest when:
