SOC 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Endogamy, Elder Abuse, Family Basic

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1100
• Professor: Deanna Behnke- Cook

Document Summary

Family: a social institution that unites ppl in cooperative groups to care for one another, including any children. Kinship: a social bond based on common ancestry, marriage, or adoption. Marriage: a legal relationship, usually involving economic cooperation, sexual activity and childbearing. Extended family: a family consisting of parents and children as well as other kin: recognized in pre-industrial societies. Nuclear family: a family composed of one or two parents and their children. Endogamy: marriage b/w ppl of the same category. Patrilocality: (cid:373)arried (cid:272)ouple li(cid:448)e (cid:449)ith or (cid:374)ear hus(cid:271)a(cid:374)d"s fa(cid:373)il(cid:455) Matrilocality: (cid:373)arried (cid:272)ouple li(cid:448)e (cid:449)ith or (cid:374)ear the (cid:449)ife"s fa(cid:373)il(cid:455) Neolocality: married couple live apart from both sets of parents. Members of a society trace kinship over generations: patrilineal: tracing kinship through men, matrilineal: tracing kinship through women, bilateral: tracing kinship through both men and women. The dominance of polygyny, patrilocality, and patrilineal descent reflects the universal presence of patriarchy.