ANT 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Consanguinity, Patrilineality, Unilineality

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANT 1101
• Professor: Deborah Sick

Document Summary

Authority of children lies with father or his elder brother or other senior males. Found in societies where men contribute bulk of subsistence production and/or where welfare/conflict common. Does not = matriarchal: i. e. does not conger public authority on women; but women have more control of resources and decision making. Is (cid:374)ot a (cid:373)irror i(cid:373)age of patriar(cid:272)hal so(cid:272)iety i(cid:374) that authority rests with (cid:373)other"s (cid:271)rother. Common where women perform much productive work. Double descent (double unilineal: both patrilineal and matrilineal (for different purposes, rare. Descent claimed from common ancestor, but exact genealogical links unknown: clan affiliation. Clan identification often reinforced by totems (symbolic physical representation) I(cid:374) (cid:373)ost (cid:272)ases, you are (cid:374)ot supposed to (cid:373)arry so(cid:373)eo(cid:374)e withi(cid:374) your (cid:272)la(cid:374), your (cid:373)other"s (cid:271)rother"s (cid:272)la(cid:374) or your father"s (cid:272)la(cid:374) Moiety phratry clan lineage. Clans can be put in charge of a resource (share with each other; responsibilities and such) Sometimes clans know that they were related (sometimes becomes mythological)