ANTHROP 2202H Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Dowry, Infertility, Sibling Relationship
19 Aug 2016
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Families: a group of people who are considered to be related in some way, nuclear and extended families. Nuclear family in which one is born and grows up. Nuclear family established when one marries and has. Postmarital residence pattern in which a couple establishes a new place of residence rather than living with or near either set of parents. Higher proportion of extended family households among poor. Americans = adaptation to poverty: changes in north american kinship. Rate of growth in single parent households has outstripped population growth. Lack of proper respect for family: the family among foragers. Nuclear family = often most significant kin group. Bands: group where neither husband nor wife has relatives. Permanent social unit whose members claim common ancestry; fundamental to tribal society. Unilineal descent rule in which people join the father"s group automatically at birth and stay members throughout life.
