Introduction to Anthropology: Society, Culture, and Language - Kinship

A comprehensive set of vocabulary flashcards summarizing key terms and concepts related to kinship in anthropology from the lecture.

Ritual

A form of symbolic action that is patterned, repetitive, and recognized as significant, often aiming to gain the influence of a cosmic being.

Rites of Passage

Rituals that mark the transition from one life stage to another and include three stages: Separation, Transition (liminality), and Integration.

Communitas

A sense of community that results from experiencing liminality together, creating a temporary unstructured state.

Etic Perspective

Analysis of culture from an outsider’s perspective using comparative categories and interpretations.

Emic Perspective

Analysis of culture from an insider’s perspective, focusing on the meanings and experiences of those within the culture.

Bilateral Kinship

A kinship classification system where lineage is traced through both maternal and paternal lines.

Patrilineal Descent

A system where lineage and inheritance are traced through the male line.

Matrilineal Descent

A system where lineage and inheritance are traced through the female line.

Cross-Cousins

Children of opposite-sex siblings of Ego’s parents.

Parallel Cousins

Children of the same-sex siblings of Ego’s parents.

Fictive Kinship

Relationships that are not based on blood or marriage but create social ties akin to kinship, such as 'milk kin'.

Endogamy

Marriage within one’s own social group or community.

Exogamy

Marriage outside of one’s own social group or community.

Consanguinal Kin

Individuals related by blood.

Affinal Kin

Individuals related by marriage.

Brideprice

Wealth or payment given from the groom’s family to the bride’s family as part of marriage.

Kinship Symbols

Visual representations used in diagrams to denote relationships between family members, such as male, female, and marriage ties.