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    Kinship refers to the social relationships people have as family members or relatives. In non-state societies, kinship often structures social organization, with kin groups formed through consanguinity (biological relationships) or affinity (relationships through marriage). Descent can be bilateral, meaning belonging to both maternal and paternal kin groups, or unilineal, belonging to only one parent's kin group. Fictive kinship also exists where people are treated as kin though not biologically related, such as adopted family or godparents. Gender and sexuality are also organized through kinship systems, with different roles, behaviors, and family structures defined by sex and gender. Politics and social hierarchies similarly develop in relation to kinship networks, with authority

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    Kinship refers to the social relationships people have as family members or relatives. In non-state societies, kinship often structures social organization, with kin groups formed through consanguinity (biological relationships) or affinity (relationships through marriage). Descent can be bilateral, meaning belonging to both maternal and paternal kin groups, or unilineal, belonging to only one parent's kin group. Fictive kinship also exists where people are treated as kin though not biologically related, such as adopted family or godparents. Gender and sexuality are also organized through kinship systems, with different roles, behaviors, and family structures defined by sex and gender. Politics and social hierarchies similarly develop in relation to kinship networks, with authority

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    Anth 102: Exam 2 Study Guide Week 6: Kinship: K"ausi

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    Anth 102: Exam 2 Study Guide Week 6: Kinship Kinship: people we count as family or relatives.

    In nonstate societies, kinship is often central organizing structure. Consanguinity: Type of kin. Biological/ genetic kin. Blood related Affinity: Kin thru marriage. In laws, step parents. descent bilateral descent: officially belonging to both mom and dads kin group. unilineal descent: Belonging only to one parents kin group. Ex patrilineage patrilineage fictive kinship: ppl treated as kin but not actually related. Adopted family members, godparents polygamy / polygyny / polyandry uterine family family / household uxorilocal camp kausi joking and avoidance relationships name relationship n!um relationships fraternal polyandry Week 7: Gender and Sexuality sex gender xanith berdache marriage-by-capture bride service forms of capital: economic, social, cultural white collar common sense biculturalism Week 8: Politics and Inequality state authority Headman Big Man Chief redistribution Moka n!ore talk (nwa) fight deadly fight hxaro social identity rite of passage peer group socialization

    conspicuous consumption Week 9: Power and Inequality (continued) Race: Hypodescent: tipo and cor: morena and mulata: in brazil race to them is classified more as color of skin. Morena most commonly used. Its in between white and black. folk taxonomy: burqa: hijab: colonial feminism: ethnocentrism: cultural relativism:

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