Kinship & Family

1. Kinship & Family

2. 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.

3. Kinship (a.k.a) ‘Basic Building Block of Society’ • Basic principle of organizing individuals into ______________________________ • Considerable _______________________

4. Terms of Unit • Descent Group • Group based on belief in _______________ • ______________________ • Members – ______________________ • Extended Family Household • Household with _______________

5. Terms of Unit • Matrilineal • Form of descent in which individuals trace their ____________________________________ • Patrilineal • Form of descent in which individuals trace their ____________________________________ • Most common form

6. Matrilineal Descent

7. Patrilineal Descent

8. Differences Between Patrilineal and Matrilineal Descent Groups

9. Differences Between Patrilineal and Matrilineal Descent Groups

10. Differences Between Patrilineal and Matrilineal Descent Groups

11. Terms of Unit • Family of Orientation • __________________________ • Family of Procreation • ______________________________ Nuclear Family – widespread BUT NOT universal

12. 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

13. Nayarof 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 __________________ • _________________________________________

14. Descent Groups General features: • Exogamous • ___________________________ • Unilineal descent • Tracing descent through a ________ • _________ OR ___________

15. Lineages & Clans • Lineage: • Unilineal descent group based on ______________ • Clans: • Unilineal descent group based on _______________ Common Theme in both: _____________

16. Ancestor – Why? • Social unity & identity of the members • _________________________ • Apical ancestor in both lineages & clans • Apex of _________________ • Clan ancestors are commonly non-human  ______

17. Betsileo of Madagascar • 1. • 2.

18. Descent Groups & Postmarital Residence Patterns • ________________________________ • Why study? Gives rise to various ____________ • Cross-cultural research results: 6 common patterns

19. Common Forms • Patrilocal – ___________________________ • ~70% of all societies – predominant pattern • Matrilocal – _________________________ • ~13% of all societies – predominant pattern

20. Common Forms • Ambilocal – __________________ • Bilocal – __________________ • Neolocal– __________________ • Avunculocal– __________________ Account for ~17% of all societies