lesson 1- kinship & marriage

kinship

universal phenomenon

organizes individuals/ group

relatedness of people

consanguineal kinship and affinal kinship

types of kinship

consanguineal kinship

relatedness by blood

affinal kinship

relatedness by marriage

lineage

direct line from an ancestor

patrilineal descent

male descent

matrilineal descent

female descent

bilateral

male or female descent

marriage

legal union of men and women

emotional & legal commitment

contract and inviolable social institutions

tangible things needed for marriage

cohabitation

two people together in a se(x)ual relationship without marriage

monogamy and polygamy

two forms of marriage

monogamy

one man to one woman

polygamy

plural marriage

polygyny polygandry and group marriage

types of polygamy

polygyny

one man : two/more woman

middle east asia and africa

polygyny is vast in

polygandry

one woman: two/more man

Tibetans toda of india

polygandry is vast in

group marriage

two/more man and woman

minimum four

very rare

divorce

court process, can marry again

annulment

not valid

primary kin secondary kin and tertiary kin

degrees of kinship

primary kin

family of orientation/ procreation

secondary kin

primary kin of the primary kin which is not your primary kin

tertiary kin

secondary kin of our primary kin

article 1

a special contract of permanent union between a man and woman entered into in accordance with law for the establishment of conjugal and family life

legal capacity article 2

male and female; and consent freely given in the presence of solemnizing officer

formal requirement article 3

authority of solemnizing officer, marriage license, and marriage ceremony

legal separation

marriage is not defective

legal separation

grounds rise after the marriage

legal separation

still married; cannot marry

annulment

marriage is defective

annulment

grounds rise at the time of before marriage

annulment

marriage is set aside; can remarry

legal separation

allows spouses to live apart while remaining legally married, without the right to remarry, typically due to issues like infidelity or violence