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Anthropology of kinship
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Basic concepts
- Affinity
- Consanguinity
- Marriage
- Incest taboo
- Endogamy
- Exogamy
- Moiety
- Monogamy
- Polygyny
- Polygamy
- Concubinage
- Polyandry
- Bride price
- Bride service
- Dowry
- Parallel / cross cousins
- Cousin marriage
- Levirate
- Sororate
- Ghost marriage
- Joking relationship
- Family
- Lineage
- Clan
- Cohabitation
- Fictive / Milk / Nurture kinship
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Cognatic / Bilateral
- Matrilateral
- House society
- Avunculate
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Linealities |
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- Ambilineality
- Unilineality
- Matrilineality
- Patrilineality
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Household forms and residence |
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- Extended
- Matrifocal
- Matrilocal
Nuclear
- Patrilocal
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Terminology
- Kinship terminology
- Classificatory terminologies
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- Iroquois
- Crow
- Omaha
- Eskimo
- Hawaiian
- Sudanese
- Dravidian
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Case studies
- Australian Aboriginal
- Burmese
- Chinese
- Philippine
Polyandry in Tibet / in India
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Sexuality |
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Major theorists - Diane Bell
- Tom Boellstorff
- Jack Goody
- Gilbert Herdt
- Don Kulick
- Roger Lancaster
- Louise Lamphere
- Eleanor Leacock
- Claude Lévi-Strauss
- Bronisław Malinowski
- Margaret Mead
- Henrietta Moore
- Lewis H. Morgan
- Stephen O. Murray
- Michelle Rosaldo
- David M. Schneider
- Marilyn Strathern
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Social anthropology
Cultural anthropology
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A lineage is a unilineal descent group that can demonstrate their common descent from a known apical ancestor. Unilineal lineages can be matrilineal or patrilineal, depending on whether they are traced through mothers or fathers, respectively. Whether matrilineal or patrilineal descent is considered most significant differs from culture to culture.
