ANT 1101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Unilineality, Kinship, Patrilineality
19 Feb 2016
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Ant 1101 introduction to social & cultural anthropology. Descent group a permanent social unit whose members claim common ancestry; fundamental to tribal society. Analogus group among nonindustrial food producers is the descent group. Belive they all descended from those common ancestors. Group endures even though its membership changes as members born and die, move in/out. Descent group membership determined at birth and is lifelong. Descent groups frequently exogamous (members seek mates from other descent groups) 2 common rules serve to admit certain ppl as descent group members excluding others. With a rule of patrilineal descent, people automatically have lifetime membership in their father"s groups. Children of group"s men join the group, but the children of the group"s women are exclude. Matrilineal descent ppl join the mothers group automatically at birth and stay members t/o life: therefore include only children of the group"s women.
