ANTHRO 2A Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Patrilineality, Origin Myth, Nuclear Family
8 Jun 2016
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Bronislaw malinowski: observed male behavior, kula. Annette weiner: work of women also important, males and females complement each other. Vertical line = represents descent or parentage. Horizontal line = represents a sibling bond. Relationships are traced through a central individual labeled ego (person traced everything from) Bilateral descent = descent traced through both males and females. The baloma spirit and regeneration of the lineage. Females source of identity, family, lineage, resources wealth, power, prestige. Wives provide economic strength because more wives = more yams. Yams are a financial account and a yam house is a bank. Cricket was created to replace fighting and sexuality. Incest varies according to how family is defined. Incest for trobrianders = anyone in your lineage = your blood . Patrilineages sometimes incest to marry in lineage: cross cousins preferred spouse. Concerned with future of group, the lineage or family. Each lineage associated with a particular hamlet.
