front 1 kinship | back 1 a system of meaning and power that cultures great to determine who is related to whom and to define there mutual expectations, rights, and policies |
front 2 nuclear family | back 2 the kinship unit of mother, father, and children |
front 3 descent group | back 3 a kinship group in which primary relationships are traced through blood relatives |
front 4 lineage | back 4 a type of descent group that traces genealogical connection through generation by linger person to a founding ancestor |
front 5 clan | back 5 a type of descent group based on a claim to a founding ancestor but lacking genealogical documentation |
front 6 affinal relationship | back 6 a kinship relationship establish through marriage and or alliance, not through biology or common descent |
front 7 marriage | back 7 a socially recognized relationship that may involve physical and emotional intimacy as well as legal rights to property or inheritance |
front 8 arrange marriage | back 8 marriage orchestrated by the families of the involved parties |
front 9 compassionate marriage | back 9 marriage built on love, intimacy, and personal choice rather than social obligation |
front 10 polygamy | back 10 marriage between one and and two or more women |
front 11 polyandry | back 11 marriage between one women and two or more men |
front 12 monogamy | back 12 relationship between only two partners |
front 13 incest taboo | back 13 cultural rules that forbid sexual relations with certain close relatives |
front 14 exogamy | back 14 marriage to someone outside the kinship |
front 15 endogamy | back 15 marriage to someone within the kinship |
front 16 bridewealth | back 16 the gift of goods or money from the grooms family to the brides family as part of the marriage process |
front 17 dowry | back 17 the gift of goods and money from the brides family to the grooms family as part of the marriage process |
front 18 family orientation | back 18 the family group in which one is born, grows up, and developes life skills |
front 19 family of procreation | back 19 the family group created when one reproduces and within which one rears children |