ANT 121 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Dowry, In Vitro Fertilisation, Bride Price
16 Oct 2017
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Chapter 10 reading notes: kinship marriage and the family. Assu(cid:373)ptio(cid:374) that (cid:271)lood relatio(cid:374)ships are the (cid:272)e(cid:374)tral defi(cid:374)i(cid:374)g relatio(cid:374)ship i(cid:374) peoples" lives. What are families and how are they structured in different societies. Families give members a sense of comfort and belonging and provide them part of their identity, values and ideals. Kinship: the social system that organizes people in families based on descent and marriage. Natal family: the family into which they were born and raised (cid:862)traditio(cid:374)al(cid:863) a(cid:373)eri(cid:272)a(cid:374) fa(cid:373)ilies: (cid:272)ha(cid:374)ges i(cid:374) the (cid:862)t(cid:455)pi(cid:272)al(cid:863) fa(cid:373)il(cid:455) idea refle(cid:272)ts (cid:272)ha(cid:374)ges i(cid:374) the e(cid:272)o(cid:374)o(cid:373)(cid:455) Nuclear family: the family formed by a married couple and their children: the most important family structure in the us kinship chart: a visual representation of family relationships, the biological connections. Nuclear and natal families usually function as corporate groups. Extended families: may live together or may merely acknowledge ties with one another corporate groups: groups of real people who work together toward common ends.
