ANTH 1003 Chapter : Chapter 10
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Invented kinship relationships among people not biologically related: relatedness- the socially recognized ties that connect people in a variety of different ways. How do human beings organize interdependence: biological ties, different kinship systems, fictive kin. Imagined communities- groups whose members" knowledge of one another does not come from regular face-to-face interactions but is based on shared experiences with national institutions . American college student friendships and friendliness: michael moffatt studied college students at rutgers, friendships were the only relationships that they could choose. :friendliness extended to those met once or twice, to violate was to be. Understanding different kinship systems: kinship practices clarify rights and obligations between people, western kinship logic not culturally universal. Bilateral kindred: each person has their own separate kindred, which exists only as long as that individual exists, from the perspective of ego, kindred"s are overlapping.
