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UCSP, 06 Handout 2 > Kinship > Flashcards

Kinship Flashcards

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considered an acephalous political system

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Tribe

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A single family nucleus and other persons related to the nucleus, for example, a father with child (ren) and other relative(s) or a married couple with other relative(s) only

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Extended Household

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Affinal kinship or kinship based on marriage refers to the type of relations developed when a marriage occurs. When a marriage takes place, new forms of social relations are developed.

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Kinship by Marriage

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defined as a household consisting entirely of a single family nucleus

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Nuclear Household

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happens when the couples live with the wife’s relative or near the wife’s kin

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Matrilocal

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refers to marriage or sexual partnering custom or practice where an individual has only one male or female or mate

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Monogamy

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It specifies that, upon marriage, a woman remains in her mother’s household while her husband leaves his family to move in with her. As children are born, they are added to the maternal unit. The result is a matrilocal extended family, in which three (3) or more generations of related women live together to form a shallow matrilineage

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Matrilocal Residence

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a woman has multiple male partners or mates

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Polyandry

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In an ambilocal pattern, a married couple decides whether to join either the husband’s or the wife’s household of origin. According to the choice made in the previous generations, they may reside with either spouse’s father or mother.

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Ambilocal Residence

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a type of family that is made up of a group of people who are united by social ties. It is usually made up of two adults and their socially recognized children.

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Nuclear family

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based on blood is considered the most basic and general form of
relations. The relationship is achieved by birth or blood affinity.

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Consanguineal kinship or kinship

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It is more complicated than the other rules, since two (2) residences changes are involved. Household formation begins with a virilocal rule, placing a married woman in her husband’s household, where their children are raised. Upon reaching maturity, the men must relocate to their mother’s brother’s household, the actual avunculocal move.

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Avunculocal Residence

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occurs when married couples stay in the house of the husband’s relatives or near the husband’s kin

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Patrilocal

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It specifies that each partner remains with their own families of residence after marriage. If children remain in their mother’s household, the result will be the formation of domestic matrilineages to which all male and female residents belong.

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Natalocal Residence

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a type of family whose members go beyond the nuclear family made up of parents and their offspring

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Extended family

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out-marriage; refers to a marriage custom where an individual is required by society’s norms and rules to marry outside of their own group, community, or social classes.

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Exogamy

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whose legitimacy is derived from well-established customs, habits, and social structures

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Traditional Authority

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Compadrazgo, literally translated as ‘godparenthood’, is a ritualized form of forging co-parenthood or family.

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Kinship by rituals

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kinship is trace both ancestral lines of the mother and the father.

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Bilateral form of descent

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both males and females belong to the kin group of their father but they
do not belong to their mother’s kin group

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Patrilineal form of descent

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considered the simplest political systems.

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Bands and Tribes

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focuses on the unilineal descent that is traced through the female line

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Matrilineal form of descent

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This system is determined by a rule that each spouse leaves his/her family of origin and jointly forms a new household, which develops as nuclear family.

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Neolocal Residence

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It specifies that, upon marriage, a man remains in his father’s household while his wife leaves her family to move in with him. As children are born, they are added to the paternal unit. The result is
a patrilocal extended family, in which three (3) or more generations of related men live together to form a shallow patrilineage

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Patrilocal Residence

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whose legitimacy emanates from the charisma of the individual, which for some can be seen as a ‘gift of grace’ or the possession of ‘gravitas’ or authority derived from a higher power such as those that are associated with the divine right of kings

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Charismatic Authority

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typically formed by several families living together based on marriage ties, common descendants, friendship affiliations, and members usually have a common interest or enemy.

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Band

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The family is considered the basic unit of social organization. It is made up of a group of individuals who are linked together by marriage, blood relations, and adoption.

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The Family

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a type of family where parents have a child or children from previous marital relationships but all the members stay and congregate to form a new family unit

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Blended family

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refers to a biological relationship. Societies recognize that children descend from parents and that there exists a biological relationship between parents and their offspring.

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Descent

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a moral and ethical concept that bestows one who possesses power the right to exercise such power since such is perceived to be justified and proper

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Legitimacy

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groups of people that shared a common history, language, traditions, customs, habits, and ethnicity.

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Nation

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refers to the practice of having more than one partner or sexual mate

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Polygamy

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the newlywed couple stay with the husband’s relatives and the wife’s kin alternately

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Biolocal

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formal leadership exists and authority rests solely on the members of a select family.

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Chiefdom

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refers to the line where one’s descent is traced. An individual’s descent can be traced by studying either the person’s paternal or maternal line

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Lineage

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is a social institution that refers to relations formed between members of society. It explains the nature and reason for the formation of the different types of bonds that exist within society

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Kinship

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It consists of a woman and her children, and sometimes her daughter’s children, without coresident husbands or other adult men. This pattern is not usually an expression of a rule or cultural preference, but results from economic conditions in which a man is unable to support a family

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Matrifocal Residence

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found in a leader whose mission and vision inspire others. It is based upon the perceived extraordinary characteristics of an individual. Weber saw a charismatic leader as the head of a new social movement, and one instilled with divine or supernatural powers such as a religious prophet

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Charismatic Authority

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also known as a blended family. It is the sociological term for the joining of two (2) adults via marriage, cohabitation or civil partnership, who have had previous relationships and children from them.

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Reconstituted Families

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the power to make binding decisions and issue commands. It is necessary for a leader to possess authority.

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Authoriy

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characterized by a central village or community ruled by a single family

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Simple Chiefdom

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marriage partners are not referred but they are arranged by the parents of the groom and bride

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Arranged marriage

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refers to compulsory marriage; this form of marriage is practiced by a number of ethnic groups, religious groups, and the aristocratic classes.

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Endogamy

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composed of several simple chiefdoms ruled by a single paramount chief residing in a single paramount center

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Complex chiefdom

45
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a man has multiple female partners or mates

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Polygyny

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A Transnational Families is a new family model, which can be characterized by the geographical dispersion of a family because of the migration of one (1) or more of its members who, nevertheless continue to keep tight relationships across borders.

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Matrifocal Residence

47
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matchmakers help their single friends or relatives to find their possible
husband or wife by referring them to another man or woman who is also interested to find a life partner

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Referred marriage

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legitimated by the sanctity of custom and tradition. The ability and right to rule is passed down, often through heredity

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Traditional authority

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authority draws its legitimacy from formal rules
promulgated by the state through its fundamental and implementing laws.

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Rational-legal or bureaucratic authority

50
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The task of organizing a political community requires the existence of leaders.

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Political Legitimacy and Authority

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