ANTH 2 Lecture Notes - Consanguinity, Nuclear Family, Patrilineality
Document Summary
Kinship: a culturally defined relationship established on the basis of. Kinship system: kin relations, kin groups, and terms for classifying blood ties or through marriage kin in a society. Most small scale societies are organized around kinship. Nuclear family: organized around the conjugal tie, the relationship between husband and wife. Extended family: blood relations extending over 3 or more generations. The extended family is based on consanguineal, or blood, relations extending over generations. Economic advantages: keeps land intact and provides security in times of crisis. Provides a sense of participation and dignity for the older family members. Descent/lineage: a group that come from a common. Kinship is traced through the male lines, and males are dominant in status, power, and property. Matrilineal: found in 15% of all cultures trace. Ex: south and east asia kinship through the female line. Patrilocal: a woman lives with her husband"s family. Matrilocal: a man lives with the wife"s family.
