Kinship

The word kinship can be defined in numerous ways, by different cultures. Kinship is when one individual or other individuals are related to each other. The people within a culture decide the behavior of a kin, and provide specific guidelines about who the kin exactly are. People will usually be taught about their culture’s kinship system, when they are infants. Kinship is also associated with reproduction, and the modes of livelihood. (Miller 2011: 118) A kinship diagram is a way to present kinship relationships of a particular individual, the ego, and this is depicted by using various symbols. A genealogy is a way of presenting a family tree by starting with the earliest ancestors, that can be found, then going down to the current people…

Kinship Report and Kinship Chart Throughout the study of my personal family, I aquired a great amount of knowledge on kinship and descent of my family. I was able to construct a well detailed diagram starting with my grandparents creating a learning path towards the understanding of kinship. I observed my kinship system by learning the descent, the terminologies, the differences in the kinship chart through my fathers and mothers lineage, the parallellism of my kinship diagram if my kinship…

“Kinship is the recognition of a relationship between persons based on descent(consanguineal) and marriage(affinal)” (Stone, 2000:5). A kinship system in a specific society can often be refered to the way in which that specific society defines and uses relations of kinship, encompassing the rights and obligations recognized between kin or groups of kin. Kinship can be defined in various ways in various, different societies and cultures. Kinship was created as a result of they way in which people…

of the collective life. In this society societal relations unfold according to a preexisting schema; which is a model behavior that is ideal norm. This chaptered represented this group as actors. And the ones who did not follow the usual behavior or mode and did things that had not ever been heard of or didn’t follow the rules of these “actors” in the country were identified as following an interpersonal norm rather than a societal relationship. In conclusion to this chapter, the political…

husband) head of a household in order to bestow property to the son of her wife (Smith Oboler, 2000). Regina Smith Oboler (1980) explain that the Nandi adhere to patrilineal society practices were only men are permitted to hold property and the means of production, resulting in women seeking out this arrangement only for the purpose of holding and distributing property. The female husband assumes the figurehead position of the head of the family including the sociocultural accepted gender…

items (in some prisons this includes cigarettes) on “store day.” “Store day” was explained in the clip on prison economies viewed in class; it was described as “the highlight of the inmates’ day” and was even compared to Christmas. On “store day,” inmates are able to restock on items through money either earned, or sent from kinship, including family and friends. Because there is an impersonal monetary exchange, “store day” is an example of the cash economy of prisons. Next, both informal and…

experiences in The Flats, which allowed her to develop three theoretical perspectives to help her organize data based of that particular location. These perspectives are: how people are recruited to kin networks, the relationships between household composition and residence patterns, and the relation between reciprocity and poverty. Within these eight chapters, Stack compares and contrast cultural stereotypes amongst black culture and explains survival tactics that residents of, The Flats, must…

barbarism, and civilization. However, Morgan also focused on social bonds, such a family. The word consanguinity is a word that Morgan uses to describe the stages of growth within the family. This pertains to marriage and other forms of familial bonds, such as blood. In describing the familial bonds (through blood and marriage), he uses the roles of the society to explain the bonds of family. It is traced through property, the organization of a property’s unit, the governmental system, etc. It…

resources do they have available? Are there support groups in the area that can help with the drug activity or even the crime in their neighborhoods? In using generalist practice, looking at the neighborhood to see what kind of resources they have, what are the current living conditions and what are the risk factors are all very important in helping those in the community. Another example of generalist practice would the knowledge one would have in family systems and how they function. Within…

had a bad period experience. I had went to New York City as a field trip for school and recently just started getting my period and I was going pretty heavy. I had messed up my pants on one of the outings and was really embarrassed and ended up retreating. I had a friend that told me about messing up my pants and gave me jacket to hide it, she proceeded to curse some guys that were making fun of me. My female chaperon called my mom that night and told her about the accident. I had gotten more…