ANTH 1102 Chapter Notes - Chapter 19: Unilineality, Patrilineality, Zadruga
12 Nov 2016
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Descent groups: group based on belief in shared ancestry. A nuclear family lasts only as long as the parents and children remain together. Family of orientation: nuclear family in which one is born and grows up. Critical relationship is b/w parents and siblings. Family of procreation: nuclear family established when one marries and has children. Critical relationship is b/w spouse/domestic partner and children. Zadruga: among muslims of western bosnia, nuclear families are embedded in an extended family household that is headed by a male household head and his wife, the senior woman. Possessions are freely shared by zadruga members. Tarawad: residential complex with several buildings that the nayars lived in with their matrilineal extended family. Neolocality: living situation in which a couple establishes new residence. Extended family household: household with three or more generations. Nuclear families now account for barely of american households because: Women have increasingly joined men in the cash workforce. The growth of single-parent households have risen.
