U6L1: Kinship, Marriage, Household

• a relationship based on blood or marriage

  kinship
• this term can refer to both to the patterns of social relationship themselves or to the study of the patterns of social relationships in one or more human cultures

  kinship
• this term's related concepts include decsent, descent group, lineage, affinity, consanguinity

  kinship
• these are the 3 classification of kin types

  1. fictive
  2. consanguineal
  3. affinal
• this is a classification of kin wherein people are not related by marriage

  fictive kinship
• this is a classification of kin where it based on bloodline

  consanguineal kin
• this is a classification of kin where it is based on marriage

  affinal kin
• this is a group in which membership depends on common descent, from a real or mythical ancestor. it has two types: unilineal, cognatic


  descent
• this is a type of descent where the membership of this group may rest either on patrilineal descent (patrilineage) or on matrilineal descent (matrilineage)


  unilineal descent
• this is a type of descent where all of descendants of an ancestor who enjoy membership of a common descent group by virtue of any combination of male or female linkages

  cognatic descent
• this is an institution that admits men and women to family life

  marriage
• this is a formal prescription which defines the rights, duties, and priveleges of husband and wife

  marriage
• this is the partnership between a man and woman, formalized either a religious or civil ceremony.

  marriage
• this officially starts with a ceremony known as a wedding or in a holy matrimony


  marriage
• this relationship involves some kind of contract, written or specified by tradition, which defines the partners' rights and obligations to each other and their families

  marital relationship
• marriage can be viewed from a:

  1. religious pov
  2. legal pov
• this is a pov of marriage where it's considered as a sacrament, inviolable bond which can only be dissolved upon the death if one of the spouses


  religious pov
• this is a pov of marriage where a contract is entered into by a man and a woman who vow to live together as husband and wife


  legal pov
• there are three types of marriage:

  1. polygamy

  a, polygyny

  b, polyandry

  2. monogamy

  a, serial monogamy

  3. group marriage
• type of marriage where a man is married to multiple women

  polygamy
• this type of polygamy is where a man marries more than one woman at a given time

  polygyny
• this type of polygamy is the marriage of one woman with more than one man

  polyandry
• this type of polygamy is less common than polygyny

  polyandry
• this type of marriage is where one man marries one woman

  monogamy
• this type of marriage is the most common and acceptable form of marriage

  monogamy
• this type of monogamy happens when an individual is allowed to marry again after the death of the first spouse or divorce. they cannot have more than one at the same time

  serial monogamy
• this type of marriage is the marriage of 2 or more women with 2 or more women

  group marriage
• this type of marriage is where the husbands are common husbands, wives are common wives, children are the children of the entire group as a whole

  group marriage
• this form of relationship strengthened and extended the ties of kinship. they are selected at baptism, confirmation, marriage. they are tied to the parents as co parents

  godparenthood
• there are five variations in family patterns:

  based on...

  a, internal organization

  b, origin

  c, descent

  d, who wields power

  e, residence
• there are two types of family patterns based on internal organization

  a, conjugal family

  b, extended family
• this type of family based on internal organization is a nuclear family of adult partners and their children where their relationship is principally focused inward. 


  conjugal family
• this type of family based on internal organization has their ties to the extended kin based on emotional bonds, rather than strict obligation

  conjugal family
• this type of family based on internal organization have their children as prime importance, distant relatives are less important, and marriage bond is stressed

  conjugal family
• this type of family based on internal organization is a unit that extends past the nuclear family to include other relatives such as aunts, uncles, grandparents. consists of two or more nuclear families living together

  extended family
• there are two types of family patterns based on origin

  a, family of orientation

  b, family of pro creation
• this type of family based on origin is a group which we are born and reared. where everyone grows up from

  family of orientation
• this type of family based on origin is the family we establish when we marry and have children

  family of pro creation
• there are 3 types family pattern based on descent

  a, patrilineal

  b, matrilineal

  c, bilateral
• this type of family based on descent has their members trace their relationships and affiliations with relatives on the father side

  patrilineal family