AN101 Chapter Notes -Unilineality, Iroquois Kinship, Kinship
Document Summary
Conformity and culture: david w. mccurdy: family and kinship in village india. Witnessed in horticultural societies, where division of land becomes impractical beyond a certain point. In canadian society, kin group influenced by personal choice, and to a lesser extent by proximity, gender and class factors. In rural, or preindustrial societies, kinship is the focal point of social organization; members live in close proximity and generally form economic bonds. Canada: neolocal nuclear families are the basis of kinship unit although other members of kin usually live nearby, fictive kinship: friends not biologically related but considered part of the kin group. Usually restricted by sex, so from birth you are assigned to either mother or father"s group only. Most common way is tracing membership through sex. Unilineal descent: unilineal (unilateral) descent: descent that establishes group membership exclusively either through mothers or the father"s line. Generally patrilineal descent dominates where male is breadwinner (pastoralists and intensive agriculture where male labour is key)
