MOTHER- M

FATHER-F

BROTHER-B

SISTER-Z

SON-S

DAUGHTER-D

M-B-D

F-Z-D

DESCENT THEORY

Patrilineal descent

When descent is traced from father to son

Matrilineal descent

When descent is traced from mother to daughter eg: khasi society and Nairs of kerela

Cognatic descent

All ancestors from both sides

Uxori-local

Where in the bride will go and live in the house of groom’s mother’s brother

Parallel cousins

Children of same sex siblings

Cross- cousins

Children od opposite sex siblings { REGARDED AS POTENTIAL SPOUSES} `1

F-Z-D MARRIAGE

MORGAN

KINSHIPS DIAGRAM; Biological meaning of kinships

Radcliff brown;

A system of kinship and marriage is an arrangement which enables persons to live together and co-
operate with one another in an orderly social life.

Gotra – a lineage is a group on ancestors that came from a common known named ancestors

Kinships results from the recognition between social and biological parents

Descent also results from social recognition. Its not biological

Radcliff

Descent is cultural

Affinity- affinal relations through marriage.

Compound families

A second marriage takes place

Polygyny- a state where one man can marry many women at the same time

Polyandry – a state where one man can marry more than one men at the same time

Full siblings- brother or sister having same set of parents biologically

Half- siblings’ brother or sisters having either same mother or same father biologically

Marriage is a social arrangement in which a child is given social legitimacy.

GE HIS
He identifies two contradictory long-term trends that changed women’s position

1. A decline in their familial status, religious rights and their participation in public life
2. An increase in their proprietary rights (defines position of women)
1.first perspective means when we right about women but from their view.

PROPERTY RIGHTS- HARRAPAN CIVILIZATION

DIFFERENCES IN AGRI

- LABOUR INTERNSIVE SOCIETY- MORE WOMEN

LESS ORTHODOX SOCIETY

WOMEN’S MONEY AND POSITION.

DIFF B/W

- BRIDE PRICE
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