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Chap 15
Families
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| anti-miscegenation | marriage or cohabitation between two people of different races, especially, in the U.S., between a black and a white person. |
| bilateral kinship system | a kinship system in which descent is traced through the father and mother |
| care work | all of the labor that is needed to nurture, reproduce, and sustain people, which is critical to the maintenance of social institutions |
| cohabitation | the practice of living together outside of marriage |
| Egalitarian societies | societies or groups where men and women share power |
| endogamy | the practice of selecting mates from within ones group |
| exogamy | the practice of selecting mates from outside ones group |
| extended families | families in which a large group of related households live together |
| family | a primary group of people-usually related by ancestry, marriage, or adoption-who form a cooperative economic unit who care for each other |
| family and medical leave act (fmla) | federal law requiring employers to grant employees a total of 12 weeks of unpaid leave to care for newborn or newly adopted children or a family member with serious health needs |
| homogamy | the pattern by which people select mates with similar social characteristics to their own |
| household | term used by the U.S. census to refer to all persons (may or may not be related) occupying a housing unit |
| kinship system | the pattern of relationships that define peoples family relationships to one another |
| matriarchy | a society or group in which women have power over men |
| matrilineal kinship system | kinship systems in which family lineage (or ancestry) is traced through the mother |
| matrilocal kinship system | kinship systems in which women continue to live with their families of origin after marriage |
| monogamy | The marriage practice of a sexually exclusive relationship with one spouse at a time |
| neolocal residence | the practice whereby newly wedded couples establish their own residence |
| nuclear families | families in which married couples reside together with their children |
| patriarchy | a society or group in which men have power over women |
| patrilineal kinship system | kinship systems in which family lineage (or ancestry) is traced through the father |
| patrilocal kinship system | kinship systems in which, following marriage, women are separated from their families of origin and reside with the husbands kinship group |
| polyandry | a marriage practice of a woman having more than one husband |
| polygamy | a marriage practice in which men or women can have multiple marriage partners |
| polygyny | the marriage practice of a man having more than one wife |
| transitional family | families where one parent (or both) live in one country while other immediate family members live in other countries |
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