Exam 14: Where Do Our Relatives Come From and Why Do They Matter

According to anthropologist Lesley Sharp, donor kin and recipients alike share the understanding that transplanted organs, as donor fragments, carry with them some essence of their former selves that persists in the new recipient body.

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What makes it possible for a Nuer woman to marry another woman and be the "father" of the children her wife bears? Discuss the relationship of nurturance to kinship in this example. How does this compare to practices in your home society?

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Among the Nuer, as E. E. Evans-Pritchard observed during his fieldwork in the 1930s, a woman could marry another woman and become the "father" of the children the wife bore. This practice, which also appears in some other parts of Africa, involves a distinction between pater and genitor. The female husband (the pater) had to have some cattle of her own to use for bridewealth payments to the wife's lineage. Once the bridewealth had been paid, the marriage was established. The female husband then got a male kinsman, friend, or neighbor (the genitor) to impregnate the wife and to help with certain tasks around the homestead that the Nuer believed could be done only by men.

Following a marriage, the kin of the husband and the kin of the wife are linked by

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In many societies, marriage is accompanied by the transfer of certain symbolically important goods.

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The postmarital residence rule requiring a couple to live with, or near, the wife's mother is called

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Which spousal patterns control women's sexuality more closely than they control men's sexuality?

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The social positions people may attain later in life, often as the result of their own effort are

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Which of the following spousal patterns depends upon recognition of a distinction between a woman's sexuality and her reproductive capacity?

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Define matrilineality and patrilineality. How are they similar? How are they different? Provide examples of your comparison.

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Among the Inuit, divorce was impossible.

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Describe what it means to say that lineage organization can function as the foundation of social life? Provide examples to support your argument.

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Among the Nuer, if a quarrel erupted between members of different minimal lineages, it would ordinarily be resolved when the quarreling minimal lineages recognized that they were all part of the same major lineage. This process is called

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A spousal pattern in which a woman may have multiple husbands is called

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Kinship relationships based primarily on nurturance are examples of

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Social relationships that are prototypically derived from the universal human experiences of mating, birth, and nurturance are called

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The wealth transferred, usually from parents to daughter, at the time of her marriage is a

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Kinship terminologies suggest the structure of rights and obligations assigned to different members of the society.

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The transfer of certain symbolically important goods from the family of the groom to the family of the bride on the occasion of their marriage is called

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Compare and contrast polygyny and polyandry. Identify examples from the text.

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Marriage within the boundaries of a defined social group is called

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According to anthropologist Lesley Sharp, donor kin and recipients alike share the understanding that transplanted organs, as donor fragments, carry with them some essence of their former selves that persists in the new recipient body.

What makes it possible for a Nuer woman to marry another woman and be the "father" of the children her wife bears? Discuss the relationship of nurturance to kinship in this example. How does this compare to practices in your home society?

Following a marriage, the kin of the husband and the kin of the wife are linked by

In many societies, marriage is accompanied by the transfer of certain symbolically important goods.

The postmarital residence rule requiring a couple to live with, or near, the wife's mother is called

Which spousal patterns control women's sexuality more closely than they control men's sexuality?

The social positions people may attain later in life, often as the result of their own effort are

Which of the following spousal patterns depends upon recognition of a distinction between a woman's sexuality and her reproductive capacity?

Define matrilineality and patrilineality. How are they similar? How are they different? Provide examples of your comparison.

Among the Inuit, divorce was impossible.

Describe what it means to say that lineage organization can function as the foundation of social life? Provide examples to support your argument.

Among the Nuer, if a quarrel erupted between members of different minimal lineages, it would ordinarily be resolved when the quarreling minimal lineages recognized that they were all part of the same major lineage. This process is called

A spousal pattern in which a woman may have multiple husbands is called

Kinship relationships based primarily on nurturance are examples of

Social relationships that are prototypically derived from the universal human experiences of mating, birth, and nurturance are called

The wealth transferred, usually from parents to daughter, at the time of her marriage is a

Kinship terminologies suggest the structure of rights and obligations assigned to different members of the society.

The transfer of certain symbolically important goods from the family of the groom to the family of the bride on the occasion of their marriage is called

Compare and contrast polygyny and polyandry. Identify examples from the text.

Marriage within the boundaries of a defined social group is called

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