Kinship 8/28 ANT390
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14 Terms
Marriage
Legitimizes children and determines who can have sex with whom.
Often denotes exclusivity (vs. promiscuity on the other end of the spectrum)
Different Marriage Types
Monogamous vs Polygamy
Polygyny (Multiple woman) (Often within a heteronormative space & include one man)
Polyandry (Multiple men) (Often within a heteronormative space & include one woman)
Rules of Descent
Unilineal descent
Double descent
Matrilineal residency/matrilocal
Patrilineal residency/patrilocal
Unilineal descent
Traces descent through on sex only (patrilineal [father’s lines] or matrilineal [Mother’s Line] )
Double descent
Example of Double descent: Tallensi of Ghana
Patrillineally followed through: Land, other assets, and lehal & ritual obligation transmitted
Matrillineally : Spirit transmitted
Matrilineal residency/matrilocal
Patrilineal residency/patrilocal
Kinship terms & categorizations vary across culturev