[ANT102H5] - Final Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (25 pages long)

• School: UTM
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANT102H5
• Professor: Linda Mc Nenly

Document Summary

Robin fox research among the tory islanders of ireland. (cid:862)ki(cid:374)(cid:863) related to (cid:862)ki(cid:374)d(cid:374)ess(cid:863) a(cid:374)d logi(cid:272)all(cid:455) to a (cid:862)frie(cid:374)d(cid:863) also. Tarti(cid:374)g i(cid:374) i(cid:374)fa(cid:374)(cid:272)(cid:455), people lear(cid:374) a(cid:271)out parti(cid:272)ular (cid:272)ulture"s ki(cid:374)ship s(cid:455)ste(cid:373), the predominant form of kin relationships in a culture and the kinds of behaviour involved. In all cultures, kinship is linked with modes of livelihood and reproduction. Kinship group performs the functions of: health, happiness, love. Ensuring the continuity of the group by arranging marriages. Maintaining social order by setting moral rules and punishing offenders. Providing for the basic needs of members by regulating production, consumption, and distribution. (cid:862)blood(cid:863) is (cid:374)ot a u(cid:374)i(cid:448)ersal (cid:271)asis for kinship. Anthropologist would construct kinship diagram, a schematic way of presenting the kinship relationships, called ego. Ego: using a set of symbols to depict all the kin relations of ego (figure 6. 2). Kinship system: the predominant form of kin relationships & behaviour involved.