ICA 3: Kinship and descent
5 important questions on ICA 3: Kinship and descent
Why is kinship such an important topic in anthropology?
- Universal in human societies, each society has a kinship system (enabling comparative analysis)
- Reproduction (biological, social, cultural)
- Organization of economy: one important 'function' of kinship is that a lot of economic activities in societies are organized around kinship relations
- Identity and solidarity
- Status (political, legal): nuclear family in Western societies, are a kind of legal unit. As a parent responsible for what your -18 y/o children do
How does Roger M. Keesing define kinship?
How does Maurice Godelier define kinship?
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What is a fictive kin?
- Use of 'brother/sister', 'cousin' in peergroups, secret societies, monastic orders (nons)
- Calling intimate genetically unrelated person 'uncle/aunt(ie)'
What are the two kinds of kinship ties?
- Ties of consanguinity: (by blood) ties with the father's kind, and with the mother's kin (ascendants and collaterals)
- Ties of affinity: (by marriage broadly defined) created by marriage or other forms of union between opposite sex or same-sex partners
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