Chapter 5 Flashcards
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Blank was one of the first anthropologists to study American kinship systematically, and concluded kinship in North America is cultural and not biological,
David Schneider.
Blank refers to the anthropological, cross-cultural study of family composition, marriage, and descent patterns.
Kinship.
What is a nuclear family?
The family group consisting of parents and their biological or adopted children.
North Americans typically recognize blank, which is a system in which individuals trace their descent through both parents.
Bilateral kinship.
What is matrilineal kinship? What is patrilineal kinship?
A system of descent in which persons are related to their kin through the mother only, while patrilineal is through the father only.
A feature of Ju/’hoansi society that figures prominently in the dynamics of family life is the custom of blank, the requirement to work for the bride’s parents for a specified time after marriage.
Brideservice.
The Trobriand Islanders acknowledge blank, a lineage that is formed by tracing descent in the female line.
Matrilineage.
Trobriand Islanders believe that blank plays no role in contraception, but it does play a role in the growth and development of the fetus.
Sexual intercourse.
What is extended family?
A family group based on blood relations of three or more generations.
Ju/’hoansi aren’t allowed to marry people within the same blank system.
Naming system. *Everyone with the name Toma are thought to be brothers and sisters, for example.
Courtship and sexual play begin blank in the Trobriand Islands.
Early, starting at ages 7-8, and begin to choose sexual partners at ages 11-13.
What is exogamy?
A rule that requires a person to marry someone outside his or her own group.
Blank is a rule requires a person to marry someone inside his or her group (e.g., a lineage, an ethic group, a religious group.
Endogamy.
Trobriand Islander grooms are expected to provide blank to the bride’s family.
Bridewealth.
The key relationship in the Ju/’hoansi is between husband and wife, in the Trobriand Islands it is brother and sister, and in China it is blank.
Father and son.
Wealth plays no part in Ju/’hoansi culture, but blank are very important things.
Sex, love, and beauty.
Like many societies, the Ju/’hoansi allow blank, a marriage where a person is permitted to have more than spouse.
Polygamy.
What is the difference between polygyny and polyandry?
A man is permitted to have more than one wife, while the other is a woman is permitted to have more than one husband.
What is the difference between partible and impartible inheritance?
Partible is split among the heirs, while impartible is undivided to one heir.
What is affinity?
It refers to relationships through marriage.
Blank refers to relationships by blood.
Consanguinity.
