ANTH101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Exogamy, Kinship, Unilineality

• School: University of Delaware
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTH101
• Professor: peter

Document Summary

Kinship: relationships established by marriage and family/household forms, relationships and groups defined by kinship organize a variety of tasks and activities. If your interests change, or if you find another group or network that satisfies you. Each typically consists of a different collection of people. Among many indigenous peoples, one lives with, works with, socializes with, and often worships with the same people, most of whom are relatives. Kin groups and kin relationships are multifunctional, meaning that the same groups organize many aspects of people"s live. Particular persons develop closer ties with one or another side of their family according to circumstance and personal preferences. No systemic culture pattern of feeling closer to or socializing with relatives according to whether they are paternal or maternal kin. A people believe they should have with various kind of relatives are part of the norms of kinship. Kinship norms are surprisingly variable from people to people.