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28 Cards in this Set
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Bridewealth
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Gift from the husband and his kin to the wife and her kin
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Clan
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Common descent from an apical ancestor but cannot demonstrate it (stipulated descent)
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Descent Group
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A permanent social unit whose members claim common ancestry. Ascribed status. Can be lineage or clan.
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Dowry
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Gift from the wife`s group to the husband and his kin
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Endogamy
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Marriage between people of the same social group.
Extreme example of endogamy in India through castes. Intercaste sexual unions = impurity. |
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Exogamy
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Mating or marriage outside one`s kin group
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Extended Family Household
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Expanded household including three or more generations. (Collateral household: includes siblings and their spouses and children)
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Expanded Family Household
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Includes non-nuclear relatives
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Nuclear Family
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Parents and children.
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Zadrugas
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Large extended families among the Muslims of western Bosnia. Patrilocal.
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Taravads
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Extended-family compounds among the Nayars of southern India. Matrilineal. No nuclear family unit.
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Family
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A group of people considered to be related in some way.
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Family of Orientation
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Family of Orientation: Nuclear family in which one is born and grows up
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Family of Procreation
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Family of Procreation: Nuclear family established when one marries and has children.
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Incest
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Sexual relations with a close relative. Universal taboo.
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Levirate
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Custom by which a widow marries the brother of her deceased husband
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Lineage
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Common descent from an apical ancestor (demonstrated descent)
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Matrilineal Descent
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Descent rule in which people join the mother`s group automatically at birth and stay members throughout life.
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Matrilocality
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Married couples and their children live with the wife`s relatives after marriage, so that children grow up in their mother`s community
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Neolocality
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Married couple establishes a new place of residence rather than living with or near either set of parents
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Patrilineal Descent
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Descent rule in which people join the father`s group automatically at birth and stay members throughout life.
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Patrilocality
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Married couples and their children live with the husband`s relatives after marriage, so that the children grow up in their fathers community
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Plural Marriages
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Marriage of a man to two or more women (polygyny) or marriage of a woman to two or more men (polyandry) - at the same time
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Polyandry
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Plural marriage in which a woman has more than one husband
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Polygyny
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Plural marriage in which a man has more than one wife
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Polygamy
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Marriage with three or more spouses, at the same time
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Sororate
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Widower marries the sister of his deceased wife
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Unilineal Descent
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Matrilineal or Patrilineal descent
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