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17 Cards in this Set
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nuclear vs extended family |
nuclear family is described as mom,dad,children living in one house Extended family includes grandparents, aunts/unlces or other close relatives who live nearby or in same household. |
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Variations of family |
Divorce, Blended/step, single/ poly, nuer, hijra |
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polygamy polyandry vs polygyny |
Polygamy refers to a marriage to more than one spouse at a time polyandry- woman marries two or more men, found in less than 1 percent, most common in nepal tibet and india Polygyny- man marries two or more wives at a time |
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Bridewealth |
the transfer of valued goods from the family of the groom to the family of the bride when a couple marries, represents compensation to the brides family for the loss of her labor and her child bearing capacities. found in societies where women contribute a great deal to substinence, women are valued as child bearers, land is readily available and there is sufficient work for all women |
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cross cousins |
the children of the ego's fathers sister or the mothers brother who are regarded as potential marriage mates. regarded to as cousins not siblings |
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Parallel cousins |
the children of the ego's fathers brother or mothers sister and are regarded as brothers and sisters. |
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bride service |
found in 14 percent of societies, the husband compensates for his wife by working for the brides family for several months or years before taking the bride away to live and work with him and his extended family. in some cases bride service substitutes for bridewealth or reduces the amount of bridewealth. |
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exogomy |
rule that forbids an individual from taking a spouse from within a prescribed local group in which they are both members. require members to marry out |
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endogomy |
rule that requires an individual to take a spouse from a group in which he or she is a member. |
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incest taboo |
cultural beliefs prohibiting sexual relations or marriage with a close relative |
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kinship |
most basic principle of organizing individuals into social groups, roles and categories. some form of organization based on parentage and marriage is present in every human society |
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unilineal systems |
descent is traced through parents and ancestors of only one sex. patrilineal- males only descent Matrilineal- females only |
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hawaiian terminology |
a persons mother, mothers sister and fathers sister are all referred to as mother. so the fathers brother, mothers brother and father are all referred to as father. a single term is used for all relatives of the same sex and generation. |
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cognatic descent |
use both male and female parentge to establish any of the previously mentioned duties,rights,privelages such as persons name,family,rsidence,rank,property,ethnicity,nationality and many other statuses |
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bilateral/ambilineal |
bilateral- rockoning of kinship evenly and symmetrically along maternal and paternal links in ascending and descending generations through individuals of both sexes ambilineal- unlike bilateral, ego can choose to affiliate with either the mothers or fathers descent (kin)group but not both. |
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levirate/sorrate |
levirate- wife marries dead husbands brother sorrate- husband marries dead wifes sister |
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avunculocality |
at marriage the man goes to live with mothers brothers in their matrilineal domestic unit and his wife joins him. nayar men |
