Chapter 11 Flashcards
Genitive
A child’s biological father
Pater
One socially recognized father nor necessarily the genitor
Parallel cousins
Children of two brothers or two sisters
Cross cousins
Children of a brother and a sister
Exogamy
Marriage outside a given group
Incest
Forbidden sexual relations with a close relative
Endogamy
Marriage of people from the same group
Mater
Socially recognized mother of the child
Kabila
A substantial marital gift from the husband and his kind to the wife and her kin
Dowry
Substantial girded to husbands family from wife’s group
Plural marriage
More than two spouses simultaneously, aka polygamy
Polygyny
Man had more than one wife at the same time
Polyandry
Woman has more than one husband at a the same time
Sororate
Widower marries sister of his deceased wife
Levirate
Widow marries brother of her deceased husband