SOC 1100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 18: Bird Nest, Stepfamily, Family Values
3 Mar 2018
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Extended family: a family consisting of parents and children as well as other kin recognized in pre-industrial societies. Nuclear family: a family composed of one or two parents and their children. Endogamy: marriage between people of the same category. Patrilocality: married couple live with or near the husband"s family. Matrilocality: married couple live with or near the wife"s family. Neolocality: married couple live apart from both sets of parents. Members of society trace kinship over generations. Bilateral: tracing kinship through both men and women. The dominance of polygyny, patrilocality, and patrilineal descent reflects the universal presence of patriarchy. Incest taboo: forbids sexual relations or marriage between certain relative. How other institutions are taking over its roles. Negative aspects like patriarchy and family violence. Inequality and the family: social conflict and feminist analysis. This approach points out how the family perpetuates social inequality. Property and inheritance; high class men"s need to identify their heirs.
