ANT 10CD Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Unilineality, Patrilineality, Bilateral Descent
5 Apr 2016
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Deism: spread from french thinkers to britain and the americas. Belief in a creator and in creation, however the deity removed himself from the world after creation of the universe to create a world of men. Men like thomas jeferson, george washington, ben franklin. Symbolic determination of who are relatives and who are not. Descent group: a group claiming to have a common ancestor. ~only reckon kin through 1 of your parents (matrilineal or patrilineal, other side is ignored ) ~no traceable lineage required, only legit logical claim. Kin types: description of actual relationship, imposed from outside the culture. Kin terms: description of the relationship from those within the culture. Collateral kin (horizontal on family tree: brothers, sisters, cousins) Linear kin (vertical on family tree: mom, dad, grandparents) Use same terms to label people of the same gender (mom, her sisters, her female cousins, and vice versa) Same levels of respect and authority to those with the same term.
