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Anthro-Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| tracing identity through kinship | unilineal, cognatic, patrilineal, matrilineal, consanguines, affines, parallel cousins, cross-cousins |
| unilineal descent | ties to ancestors traced through only one parent; may be patrilineal or matrilineal |
| cognatic descent | AKA: bilateral kinship; ancestral and family ties traced through both parents |
| patrilineal descent | ties traced through male line |
| matrilineal descent | ties traced through the female line |
| consanguines | relatives through birth; "blood relatives" |
| affines | relatives through marriage "in-laws" |
| parallel cousins | the children of two brothers or two sisters |
| cross-cousins | the children of a brother and a sister |
| kinds of families | natal, nuclear, extended or "joint" |
| natal family | family into which one is born |
| nuclear family | a married couple and their children |
| extended or "joint" family | two or more nuclear families linked through parent-child or sibling ties; may include several generations |
| requirements for marriage | endogamy, exogamy, hypergamy |
| endogamy | marrying within a defined social category, for example, within the same lineage, village, caste, race, religion, etc |
| exogamy | marrying outside a defined social category |
| hypergamy | marrying up |
| possibilities within marriage | monogamy, polygamy, polygyny, sororal polygyny, polyandry, fraternal polyandry, levirate, sororate |
| monogamy | one spouse |
| polygamy | plural spouses |
| polygyny | marriage of a man to two or more women |
| sororal polygyny | marriage of a man to sisters |
| polyandry | marriage of a woman to two or men |
| fraternal polyandry | marriage of a woman to brothers |
| levirate | the obligation of a woman to marry her husband's brother if her husband should die |
| sororate | the obligation of a woman to marry her sister's husband if her sister should die |
| the costs of marriage | dowry, bride price, brideservice |
| dowry | marriage payments or gifts from the bride and her kin to the husband and his kin |
| bride price (or bridewealth) | marriage payments or gifts from the husband and his kin to the bride's kin |
| brideservice | the work required of a newly married man for his wife's kin |
| options for where couples stay after marriage (their postmarital resicence) | neolocal, bilocal, patrilocal, matrilocal, virilocal, uxorilocal |
| neolocal | postmarital residence in a new or separate location |
| bilocal | postmarital residence alternating between the kin of each spouse |
| patrilocal | male-centered residence, literally with father (pater); usually refers to postmarital residence with the husband's relatives |
| matrilocal | female-centered residence, literally with the mother (mater); usually refers to postmarital residence with the wife's relatives |
| virilocal | husband-centered residence; postmarital residence with the husband's relatives |
| uxorilocal | wife-centered residence; postmarital residence with the wife and possibly her relatives |
Created by:
Jean-O
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