ANT 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Kinship Terminology, Inuit, Patrilineality
7 Jun 2020
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Which gen does he she belong to. All ks terminology accomplish 2 imp task. Classify sim kinds of person"s into a specific category. Separate different kinds of persons into a distinct category. A system of kinship terminology also called the linear system, that emphasizes the nuc fam by specifically distinguishing mom, dad, and s while lumping together all other relations into broad categories such as uncle, aunt and cousin. Used by euro canadians and anglo americans, n. am , foraging people (inuit, ju. hos) Separate and distinct terms for each nuc fam member. Prob because eskimo system found in societies where dominant kin group is the bilateral kindred. Only immediate fam members are imp in everyday. Thus they distinguish between their closest kin (mom dad) but lump together other kin (aunt, cousin ) Kinship reckoning in which all rel of the same sex and generation are referred to by the same term. Hawaii and other malaylo polynesian speaking areas.
