ANT102H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Incest Taboo, Nuclear Family, Extended Family
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Overview-kinship is important in the modern world as well, example can be the royal family, blood lines. Kin classification: consanguineal vs. affinal kin- blood kin, ppl who are biologically related to you. Blood relatives vs. relatives through marriage: lineal vs. Collateral kin: direct vs. parallel lines of descent. Lineal- ancestors or descendants to you, branching off is collateral- siblings, aunts, cousins. Family and household are diff. families can be split have more networks, households- consisting of ppl who are not blood relatives. Basic social groupings: family-a married or a common law couple with or without children, or a lone parent with dependent children. In brazil what is considered a family is very wide- parents, siblings, aunts and uncles, grandparents, spouses are not considered part of family: household. Murdoch social structure (1949) 1st major cross cultural comparison / basis of hraf (human relations area files)-very first cross cultural survey, what is the function of family, what purpose do they serve.
