Kinship: Tracing Relations and Terminologies

The complexity of our social organization.

System of beliefs, a language, parents, siblings, and social positions.

Through marriage or a socially recognized bond, not just by mating.

<p>Having an identity as a member of society and a receiver of culture.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Concept of kinship, terminologies, and tracing relations.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Consanguineal relationships are based on blood connections, while affinal relationships are based on marriage bonds.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The fundamental rule of incest taboo prohibits individuals who are supposed to be blood relatives from marrying each other.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The definition of who is a blood relative is determined socially, not biologically.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Inheritance, property rights, political office, and the composition of local communities are embedded in kinship relationships.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Kinship stretches between highly abstract concepts like kinship terminologies and concrete individuals and their bodies.</p> Signup and view all the answers