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Unit Learning Objectives
• Differentiate between nuclear & extended families.
• Distinguish between family orientation & family procreation.
• Define and differentiate between kinds of descent groups and postmartial residence rules.
• Differentiate between lineages an clans
• Differentiate between genealogical kin types and kin terms.
• Demonstrate your understanding of kinship diagrams through an activity.
Kinship (a.k.a) ‘Basic Building Block of Society’
• Basic principle of organizing individuals into ______________________________
• Considerable _______________________
Terms of Unit• Descent Group
• Group based on belief in _______________
• ______________________
• Members – ______________________
• Extended Family Household
• Household with _______________
Terms of Unit• Matrilineal
• Form of descent in which individuals trace their ____________________________________
• Patrilineal
• Form of descent in which individuals trace their ____________________________________
• Most common form
Differences Between Patrilineal and Matrilineal
Descent GroupsPatrilineal Matrilineal
______
Give birth to husband’s
descendants; play minimal role in their own group
Play a central role in their own group by bearing their own
descendants
______ Strong authorityWeak in marital
household; strong in household of his sister
Differences Between Patrilineal and Matrilineal
Descent GroupsPatrilineal Matrilineal
______ High status Relatively low status
______
Characterized by deference,
strong authority and formality
Relatively weak authority and general
informality
Differences Between Patrilineal and Matrilineal
Descent GroupsPatrilineal Matrilineal
______ Strong Relatively weak
______ Typically patrilocal Typically matrilocal
Terms of Unit• Family of Orientation
• __________________________
• Family of Procreation
• ______________________________
Nuclear Family – widespread BUT NOT universal
Muslims of Western Bosnia
• Nuclear families lack _______________
• Several families in an ______________, or zadruga.
• Each zadruga is headed by a _____________________
• Zadrugas are __________________
• Each nuclear family has its own sleeping room
• All material possessions shared among all members
Nayar of Southwest India
• Large, extended matrilineal families that live in matrilineal compounds, or tarawads.
• Each tarawad is headed up by a _________________
• Marriage a ______________
• Men return to their mother’s tarawad a few days after marriage
• Nayar women frequently have __________________
• _________________________________________
Descent GroupsGeneral features:
• Exogamous
• ___________________________
• Unilineal descent
• Tracing descent through a ________
•_________ OR ___________
Lineages & Clans
• Lineage:
• Unilineal descent group based on ______________
• Clans:
• Unilineal descent group based on _______________
Common Theme in both:
_____________
Ancestor – Why?
• Social unity & identity of the members
• _________________________
• Apical ancestor in both lineages & clans
• Apex of _________________
• Clan ancestors are commonly non-human ______
Descent Groups & Postmarital Residence Patterns
• ________________________________
• Why study? Gives rise to various ____________
• Cross-cultural research results: 6 common patterns
Common Forms
• Patrilocal – ___________________________
• ~70% of all societies – predominant pattern
• Matrilocal – _________________________
• ~13% of all societies – predominant pattern