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related through marriage
affinal
strong differentiation between the home and the outside world
domestic-public dichotomy
female authority, women living together, seen more in horticulture
matrilocal
male authority, sons and sons wives
patrilocal
when husband dies, brother steps in
levirate
when wife dies, sister or cousin steps in
sororate
compensation from bride's family to groom's family
dowry
husband works for bride's family for a period of time
bride service
compensation from groom's family to bride's family
bride wealth/bride price
marriage of a man to his mother's brother's daughter
cross-cousin
child of a father's brother or a mother's sister
parallel cousin
marriage by proxy to the symbols of someone not physically present to establish the social status of a spouse and heirs
fictive marriage
marriage within group
endogamy
considered family members but share no relation
fictive kin
different terms for all relatives
bifurcate collateral
same sex siblings grouped together. ex. father's brother is father, mother's sister is mother
bifurcate merging
all women considers your mother, all men considered your father
generational
kinship, nuclear family is most important, primary difference is lineal
lineal
descent derived from both mother and father equally
bilateral
both matrilineal and patrilineal are recognized at the same time
double descent
person has option to affiliate themselves with either matrilineal or patrilineal
ambilineal
(1) establishes group membership through (2) matrilineal or (3) patrilineal
(1) unilineal descent (2) mother's line (3) father's line
marriage outside of family
exogamy
members claim to share a common ancestor
descent groups
network of relatives within which individuals possess certain mutual rights and obligations
kinship
household, married couples expected to establish their own home
neolocal household
household, single parent
nontraditional household
household, single person living alone or with nonrelatives
nonfamily household
family of blood relatives
consanguineal family
family formed by marriage
conjugal family
a kin group of two or more people related by blood, marriage, or adoption
family
subordinates comply with domination by accepting it
hegemony
status someone is born with
ascribed status
attained throughout one's life
achieved status
large judiciary system, population control, enforcement, fiscal system
states
fixed settlement, system for regulations, redistribution
chiefdoms
occasional leadership
tribes
small hunter-gatherer groups, nomadic, kin-based
bands
exchanges dealing with people on the fringes of or outside their social systems
negative reciprocity
exchanges between people who are more distantly related than are members of the same band or household
balanced reciprocity
someone gives to another person and expects nothing concrete or immediate in return
generalized reciprocity
generalized, balanced, or negative exchange between social equals
reciprocity
goods/services move from local level to center of distribution
redistribution
supply and demand
market principle
fund, resources that people must render to an individual or agency that is superior politically and economically
rent fund
fund, expenditures on ceremonies or rituals
ceremonial fund
fund, help friends, relatives, in-laws and neighbors
social fund
fund, maintain technology and other items essential to production
replacement fund
fund, work to eat
subsistence fund
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