ANTH 1150 Lecture : Kinship1.docx

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTH 1150
• Professor: D Rose

Document Summary

Set by cultural rules (sometimes laws: often taken for granted as being natural rather than cultural. Links with all aspects of culture: not all cultures define kinship on the basis of blood , kinship systems, a kinship system is the predominant form of kin relationships in a culture and the kind of behavior involved. Formal study of kinship: symbols for individuals in a kinship diagram. Sharing: marriage, modes of livelihood, kinship, and household structure. Descent: kinship through birth into a particular group. Unilineal descent: basis of kinship in 60 percent of the world"s cultures, most associated with pastoralism, horticulture, and agricultural modes of livelihood. The minangkabau of indonesia: world"s largest matrilineal culture. Some men and women work in cities and then return home: women hold power through control of lineage land. Sub-matrilineage groups of adult women and girls live together in a lineage house. Men and older boys often live separately.