1. MARRIAGE & KINSHIP

2. KINSHIP INTERACTIVE TUTORIAL
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3. I. DEFINITION OF MARRIAGE
A. Sex? Love? Legitimize children?
B. Making Sense of Diversity
C. CROSS-CULTURAL EXAMPLES
1. HIJRAS (INDIA) ♂ = ♂
2. NUER WOMAN MARRIAGE ♀ = ♀

4. FUNCTIONS OF MARRIAGE 1. Regulate sexual access 2. Legitimize children
3. Provide care for children
4. Division of labor
5. Most: NOT for love
a. Economic & Political Functions
6. Exchange between groups
a. Dowry
b. Bride Wealth

5. INCEST TABOO = Universal
1. INBREEDING AVOIDANCE
2. ENDOGAMY VS. EXOGAMY
3. ALLIANCE THEORY

6. II. DIVERSITY OF MARRIAGE PRACTICES
A. MONOGAMY (20%) ♀ = ♂
B. POLYGAMY
1. POLYGYNY (75%); ♀ = ♂ = ♀
SORORAL POLYGYNY
2. POLYANDRY (1%); ♂ = ♀ = ♂
FRATERNAL POLYANDRY

8. C. LEVIRATE
1. NUER GHOST MARRIAGE
a. Woman marries deceased husband’s brother
D. SORORATE
a. Man marries deceased wife’s sister

9. III. POST-MARITAL RESIDENCE RULES
A. NEOLOCAL RESIDENCE (5%)
B. MATRILOCAL RESIDENCE (13%)
C. AVUNCULOCAL RESIDENCE (4%)
D. PATRILOCAL RESIDENCE (70%)

10. IV. FAMILY TYPES A. NUCLEAR FAMILY (25%) 1. NEOLOCAL 2. AFFINAL TIES
B. EXTENDED FAMILY (75%)
1. PATRILOCAL
2. MATRILOCAL
3. CONSANGUINEAL TIES

11. Patrilocal Extended Family
A. India
B. Taiwan
(Uterine Families and the Women’s Community)
C. Matrilocal Extended Family

12. CURVILINEAR HYPOTHESIS
EXTENDED
HOUSEHOLDS
HIGH
FORAGERS
HORTICULTURE
AGRICULTURE
PASTORALISM
INDUSTRIAL
LOW
LOW

13. V. KINSHIP & DESCENT KINSHIP:
THE TOTALITY OF RELATIONSHIPS BASED ON BLOOD & MARRIAGE THAT LINK INDIVIDUALS & GROUPS IN A WEB OF RIGHTS & OBLIGATIONS

14. KINSHIP CHARTS
MALE
FEMALE
= MARRIAGE
DESCENT
SIBLINGS

15. KINSHIP RELATIONS & DESCENT GROUPS
AFFINAL KIN (marriage)
CONSANGUINAL KIN (blood)
A. NON-LINEAL DESCENT GROUPS
1. BILATERAL KINDRED (30%)
2. AMBILINEAL DESCENT (5%)

16. ESKIMO – BILATERAL DESCENT

17. CORPORATE DESCENT GROUPS
B. LINEAGES (known ancestor)
1. PATRILINEAGES (46%)
2. MATRILINEAGES (14%)

19. PATRILINEAL DESCENT

20. PATRILINEAL KIN TERMS
YANOMAMO

21. MATRILINEAL DESCENT

22. MATRILINEAL KIN TERMS
IROQUOIS

23. C. DOUBLE DESCENT (5%)
a. ASHANTI

24. D. CLANS
MYTHICAL ANCESTOR
CLANS
VILLAGES
LINEAGES
HOUSEHOLDS

25. E. TLINGET MOIETIES (MATRILINEAL)
RAVEN
WOLF

26. F. SEGMENTARY LINEAGES

27. Functions of Descent Groups
1. Regulate marriage
2. Economic
3. Political
4. Religious

28. EXAMPLE: PATRILINEAGES
A. HORTICULTURAL, AGRICULTURAL,
PASTORAL
B. WARFARE
C. PATRILOCAL RESIDENCE
1. KERNAL RELATIONSHIP =
FATHER-SON
D. PATRILINEAL PUZZLE
1. MARRIAGE TO CROSS COUSINS

29. CROSS COUSIN AND PARALLEL COUSIN MARRIAGE

30. BEDOUIN (VEILED SENTIMENTS)
IDEOLOGY OF KINSHIP
PATRILINEAL DESCENT
AGNATES – CONSANGUINEAL TIES
IN-MARRYING WOMEN THREATEN LINEAGE SOLIDARITY
PATRILATERAL PARALLEL COUSIN MARRIAGE

31. PATRILATERAL PARALLEL COUSIN MARRIAGE
D & E ARE PARALLEL COUSINS

32. IMPORTANT CONCEPTS FROM VEILED SENTIMENTS
CODE OF HONOR
AGL (SELF-CONTROL)
IDEALS OF AUTONOMY & EQUALITY
MORAL VIRTUE
HASHAM (SHAME & VOLUNTARY DEFERENCE)
VEILING – SEXUAL MODESTY, DEFERENCE
GHINNAWAS “DISCOURSES OF SENTIMENT”

33. EXAMPLE: MATRILINEAGES
A. MATRILINEAGE IS NOT THE MIRROR IMAGE OF PATRILINEAGE
B. PATRILINEAL KERNAL RELATIONSHIP = FATHER—SON
C. MATRILINEAL KERNAL RELATIONSHIP = SISTER—BROTHER
D. MATRILINEAL PUZZLE
1. AVUNCULOCAL RESIDENCE

34. MATRILINEAGES: AVUNCULOCAL RESIDENCE

35. (CORPORATE DESCENT GROUPS)
BILATERAL KINDRED
LINEAGES
(CORPORATE DESCENT GROUPS)
1. BILATERAL (COGNATIC)
DESCENT
INHERIT FROM BOTH
PARENTS
1. UNILINEAL DESCENT
INHERIT THROUGH
MALE OR
FEMALE LINE
2. EXTEND KIN
OUTWARD, INCLUDES
AFFINAL KIN (AUNTS,
UNCLES, IN-LAWS)
BOUNDED, DEFINES
A SPECIFIC GROUP,
EXCLUDES NON-
RELATIVES

36. (CORPORATE DESCENT GROUPS)
BILATERAL KINDRED
LINEAGES
(CORPORATE DESCENT GROUPS)
3. EGO BELONGS TO
OVERLAPPING
GROUPS;
EACH EGO HAS OWN
KINDRED
3. EGO BELONGS TO A
SINGLE GROUP WITH
ONE ANCESTOR
4. LACK OF CONTINUITY,
ENDS WITH EGO’S
DEATH
4. CONTINUITY THROUGH
TIME, CONTINUES
AFTER EGO’S DEATH

37. (CORPORATE DESCENT GROUPS)
BILATERAL KINDRED
LINEAGES
(CORPORATE DESCENT GROUPS)
5. EGO-ORIENTED
5. ANCESTOR-ORIENTED
6. MEMBERS DO NOT ACT AS A CORPORATE
GROUP
6. CORPORATE CONTROL
OF PROPERTY;
ONE MEMBER CAN
SUBSTITUTE FOR ANY
OTHER; THEY ARE
EQUAL IN LAW, CAN
AVENGE ANY MEMBER

38. (CORPORATE DESCENT GROUPS)
BILATERAL KINDRED
LINEAGES
(CORPORATE DESCENT GROUPS)
SEPARATE LOCAL FAMILIES,
SCATTERED RESIDENCES
7. RESIDENTIAL GROUP,
LIVE TOGETHER