Family & Kinship Family and kinship are the topics of this lecture. • Group of people considered to be related, e.g., by blood or marriage • Forms – Family of orientation – Family of procreation • Family of Procreation Family & Kinship Family and kinship are the topics of this lecture. – Nuclear • Conjugal nuclear • Non-conjugal nuclear – Composite – Extended http://www.layercake.net/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/biglovethefam.jpg • Kinship Diagram Symbols Family & Kinship Family and kinship are the topics of this lecture. Male Female Intersex Individual Deceased Ego (regardless of sex) (use appropriate symbol for sex) (use appropriate symbol for sex) = Cohabiting ≈ Married Divorced Separated Adopted Descended Sibling Kin Abbreviations Mo mother Fa father Br brother Z sister ≠ H husband W wife (use appropriate symbol for sex) Da daughter S son from Co cousin C child (either sex) • Postmarital Residence Family & Kinship Family and kinship are the topics of this lecture. – Virilocal (patrilocal) – Uxorilocal (matrilocal) – Bilocal (ambilocal) – Neolocal – Avunculocal – Natalocal • Kinship Systems Family & Kinship Family and kinship are the topics of this lecture. – Formation of social groups – View of self in relation to others – Regulate behavior – Shape rights & obligations • Descent rules Family & Kinship – Corporate & Cognatic Family and kinship are the topics of this lecture. – Cognatic • Bilateral • Ambilineal http://ushistoryimages.com/images/hopi/fullsize/hopi-5.jpg – Corporate • Patrilineal • Matrilineal http://www.osagecohistoricalmuseum.com/images/nativeladies.jpg http://www.umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/anthropology/courses/122//FYDE/nuer.jpg • Descent Groups Family & Kinship Family and kinship are the topics of this lecture. – Lineage • Matrilineage • Patrilineage • Ambilineage • Descent Groups Family and kinship are the topics of this lecture. – Clan • Related lineages with common ancestor; exact genealogy fuzzy http://www.seminoletribe.com/culture/images/clanwheelbig.jpg Family & Kinship Seminole • Descent Groups Family & Kinship Family and kinship are the topics of this lecture. – Phratry • Groups of related clans