ANTH 130 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Unilineality, Kinship, Patrilineality
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Culturally constructed- based on learning and variable from culture to culture. Family- group of people who are considered to be related in some way, e. g. by blood or marriage. Impermanent- lasts only as long as the parents and children remain together: a nuclear family is this. Family of orientation- family in which one is born and grows up. Family of procreation- formed when one marries and has children. Neolocality- married couples are expected to establish a new place of residence. Extended family household- household that includes three or more generations. Descent group- permanent social unit whose members claim common ancestry: frequently are exogamous. Patrilineal descent- people automatically have lifetime membership in their father"s group: children of group"s women excluded. Matrilineal descent- people join the mother"s group automatically at birth and stay members throughout life: include only children of groups" women. Unilineal descent- descent rule uses one line only: patrilineal and matrilineal, patrilineal more common.
