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28 Cards in this Set
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Marriage
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A culturally sanctioned union between two or more people that the esablishes certain rights and obligations between the people, between them and their children, and between them and their in-laws. Such marriages rights and obligations most often include: sex, labor, property, child rearing, exchange, and status.
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Consanguineal Kin
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Biologically related relatives, commonly referred to as blood relatives.
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Affinal Kin
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People related through marriage
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Incest Taboo
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The prohibition of sexual contact btwn certain close relatives, usually parent and child and sibling relations at a minimum.
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Endogamy
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Marriage within a particular group or category of individuals.
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Exogamy
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Marriage outside this group
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Monogamy
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Marriage in which both partners have just one spouse
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Serial Monogamy
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A marriage form in which an individual marries or lives with a series of partners in succession (Divorce)
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Polygamy
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One individual having multiple spouses at the same time; from the Greek words poly (many) and gamous (marriage)
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Polygyny
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Marriage of a man to two women at the same time; form of polygamy.
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Polyandry
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Marriage of a women to two or more men at one time; form of polygamy
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group marriage
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Marriage in which several men and women gave sexual access to one another. Also called Co-Marriage
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Fictive Marriage
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Marriage by proxy to the symbols of someone not physically present to establish the social status of a spouse and heirs
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Parallel Cousin
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Child of a father's brother or a mother's sister
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Cross Cousin
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Child of a mother's brother or a father's sister
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Bride-Price
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Money or valuable good paid by the groom or his family to the bride's family upon marriage. Alson called bride wealth
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Bride Service
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A designated period of time after marriage when the groom works for the bride's family
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Dowry
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Payment of a women's inheritance at the time of her marriage, either to her or to her husband
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Family
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Two or more people related by blood, marriage, or adoption. The family may take many forms, ranging from a single parent with one or more children, to married couple or polygamous spouses with offspring. to serveral generations of parents and their children
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Household
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The basic residential unit where economic production, consumption, inheritance, child rearing, and shelter are organized and carried out
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Conjugal family
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A family established through marriage
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Consanguineal family
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A family of "blood relatives" consisting of related women, their brothers and the women's offspring
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nuclear family
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A group consisting of one or two parents and dependent offspring, which may include a stepparent, stepsiblings, and adopted children (referred to as Father-Mother-Child unit)
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Extended Family
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Two or more closely related nuclear families clustered together into a large domestic group
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Patrilocal residence
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A residence patter in which a married couple lives in the husband's father's place of residence
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Matrilocal Residence
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A residence pattern in which a married couple lives in the wife's mother's place of residence
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Ambilocal Residence
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A Residence pattern which a married couple any choose either matrilocal or patrilocal residence
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Neolocal Residence
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A pattern in which a married couple establish their household in a location apart from either the husband's or the wife's relatives
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