FRHD 1020 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Patrilocal Residence, Matrilocal Residence, Patrilineality

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 1020
• Professor: Ruth Neustifter

Document Summary

Formal definitions of family or marriage, such as those that appear in immigration acts or in health care or in employment benefit policies, may have important implications on ones life. Definitions are central to research and to the knowledge that results from research. Definitions are social constructions that confer status and legitimacy for the group involved. Being defined as having a family often carries with it a status of normality, being a mother or father is a legitimate and normative status in most societies and having a family carries distinct rights and responsibilities. Over centuries we have witnessed a great many definitions of the family. The bible repots that king solomon"s family included 700 wives and 300 concubines. In israel- monogamy is the principle form of marriage, bans polygamy. Many dictionaries define the family as a fundamental social group for society or as a building block for society or, two opposite sex adults and their biological or adopted offspring.