ANTH 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Kinship Terminology, Sperm Donation, Kinship

• School: UConn
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTH 1000
• Professor: Elle Shoreman-Ouimet

Document Summary

Chapter. 9_kinship, family and marriage: kinship( - ) - the system of meaning and power that cultures create to determine who is related to whom and to define their mutual expectations, rights, and responsibilities, nuclear family( - . ) - the kinship unit of mother, father, and children: kinship groups are often assumed by many in western cultures to have a biological basis and to arise around the nuclear family of mother, father, and children. # an introduction to kinship, family, and marriage: what is kinship? a cultural system that defines familial relationships and obligations, family, anthropologists have found that cultures often conceive of family in very different ways. Some cultures have very general kinship terminologies (fa, mo, au, un, all the same) While others are more specific (pa. aunt and pa. uncle) As kinship terms fluctuate, so too, do kinship obligations and responsibilities, residence, etc. Unilineal descent: track only 1 line of descent (patrilineal or matrilineal)