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Anthropology
Undergraduate 1
04/01/2007

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marrige
Definition
sanctioned union between two or more people that establishes certain rights and obligations between the people, between them and their children, and between them and their inlaws
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consanguineal kin
Definition
relatives by birth- blood relatives
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affinal kin
Definition
relatives by marrige
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incest taboo
Definition
the prohibation of sexual relations between specified individuals, usually parent child and sibling relations at minimum
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exogamous
Definition
marrige outside the group
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endogamous
Definition
marrige within a particular group or category of individuals
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caste system
Definition
closed social class in which membership is determined by birth and fixed for life
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cross cousins
Definition
marrige of a women to her fathers brothers son and marrige of a man to his mothers brothers daughter
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parallel cousins
Definition
marrige of a man to his fathers brothers daughter or marrige of a women to her fathers brothers son
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monogomy
Definition
marrige which both partners have one spouse
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serial monogomy
Definition
marrige form in which a man or a woman marries or lives witha series of partners in sucession
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polygyny
Definition
marrige of a man to two or more women at the same time
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Polyandry
Definition
marrige if a women to two or more men at the same time
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Group marriage
Definition
marrige in which several men and women have sexual access to one another
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Bride service
Definition
designated period of time after marrige when the groom works for the brides family
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Bridewealth
Definition
compensation the groom or his family pays to the brides family upon marrige
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Dowry
Definition
payment of a womens inheritance at the time of her marrige either to her or her husband
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Patrilocal
Definition
residence pattern in which a married couple lives in the locality associated with the husbands fathers relatives
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Matrilocal
Definition
residence pattern in which a married couple lives in the locality associated with the wifes parents
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Neolocal
Definition
pattern in which a married couple may establish their household in a location apart from either the husbands or the wifes relatives
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Sororate
Definition
custon sccording to which a widower marries his dead wifes sister
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levirate
Definition
marrige custon according to which a widow marries a brother of her dead husband
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Kinship
Definition
network of relatives within which individuals posess certain mutual rights and obligations
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Clan
Definition
typically consisting of several lineages a clan is non corporate desent group whose members assume desent from a common ancestor(real or fictive) without knowing
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Lineage
Definition
corporate decent group unified body or corps of consanguineal relatives who trace their genealogical links to a commin ancestor and associate with one another for a shared purpose
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Unilineal descent
Definition
descent the establishes group membership exclusivly through either the male or female line
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Patrilineal descent
Definition
descent traced exclusivly through the male line to establish group membership
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Matrilineal descent
Definition
descent traced exclusivly through the female line to establish group membership
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Ambilineal descent
Definition
descent in which the individual may affiliate with either the mothers or fathers descent group
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Family
Definition
2 or more people related by blood, marrige or adoption, many forms
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Household
Definition
basic residential unit where economic production consumption inheritence child rearing and shelter are orginized and carried out
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Nuclear family
Definition
group consiting of one or mroe parents and dependent offspring which may include a stepparent stepsiblings and adopted children
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Extended family
Definition
several closley related nuclear families clusterd together into a large domestic group
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Blended family
Definition
a married couple raising children together from their previous unions
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family of orientation
Definition
the family into which someone is born or adopted and raised
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family of procration
Definition
the family that is formed when someone becomes a prarent and raises one or more children
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