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Anthro 1000
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Anthropology
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marriage
Definition
contract between 2, symbiotic contributions
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polyandry
Definition
1 woman multiple men
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exogamy
Definition
marriage outside of a group
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division of labor
Definition
labor assignments based on gender, uncommon in nomadic/pastoral society
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incest
Definition
marriage within family
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westermarck effect
Definition
children raised together have natural advertance toward one another
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nuclear family
Definition
1 or more parents and dependent offspring
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polygamy
Definition
multiple partners, simultaneously
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serial marriage
Definition
series of monogamous marriages?
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dowry
Definition
money given to bride by family on wedding day
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affinal kin
Definition
in-laws
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levirate
Definition
marriage where woman is forced to marry her dead husbands brother
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extended family
Definition
two or more closely related nuclear families clustered together
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functions of marriage
Definition
regulates sexual behavior, limits sexual competition, defines social relationships, protection for children, forges expands and reinforces social connections w/ families
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visiting husband
Definition
husband and wife live at respective places of birth not together
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polygyny
Definition
one man multiple women
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endogamy
Definition
marriage within a group
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bride price
Definition
giving brides family certain amt of money for bride
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bride service
Definition
husband works and gives earnings to bride's family
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consaguine kin
Definition
blood related women, their brothers, and womens offspring
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Anomie
Definition
sense of loss, lack of purpose, alienation
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matrilocality
Definition
live with brides relatives
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Avunclocality
Definition
newlyweds live with grooms mothers brother
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Lineage
Definition
line of relatives descending from common ancestor (grandpa)
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Moiety
Definition
two kinship groups in a society
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Omaha system
Definition
Patrilineal, fathers brothers are fathers, fathers brothers kids are siblings
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Hawaii system
Definition
ambilineal, all adults parents, and cousins brothers and sisters
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Parallel cousin
Definition
Cousin of same standing as you, fathers brothers kid in omaha system, mothers sisters kid in crow system
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Patrilocality
Definition
live with grooms relatives
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clan
Definition
two or more lineages
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Iroquois system
Definition
differentiates cousins based on gender of parents, parallel cousins are siblings, cross cousins are cousins
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Generational system
Definition
differentiates between generations, gparents, parents, children
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mythical ancestor
Definition
can be animal spirit for clans, can be actual person who lineages in clans are said to descend from, usually important person
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neolocality
Definition
establish your own home after marriage
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Descent group
Definition
social group who claim common ancestor
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bilineality
Definition
kinship system that does not have gender preference
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Phratry
Definition
descent group with at least two clans claiming common ancestry
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Crow system
Definition
Matrilineal, backwards omaha system, uses more specific terms for mothers side than fathers
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Eskimo system
Definition
our system
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cross cousin
Definition
offspring of relatives either on inferior side of family, or of inferior sex (i.e. fathers sisters children in patrilineal system)
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Kula ring
Definition
ring of trade, sacred gifts traded as excuse to conduct regular trade
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Malinowski
Definition
1st/most skilled ethnographer, studied kula
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Participant observation
Definition
observe culture by participating in it
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homolog
Definition
word(s) evolved from common ancestor
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analog
Definition
similar words
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analog
Definition
similar words with no common ancestry
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Franz Boas
Definition
father of modern anthropology
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