with Jacob:

universal kinship terms:

• father


• mother


• brother


• sister


• son


• daughter


• (child)


• husband


• wife

p 69 in CP

Identify relationship to Ego, using universal kinship terms, table A:

• 1: 1's son's daughter = Ego's father's father


• 6: 1's daughter = Ego father's sister


• 10: Ego's mother


• 13: Ego's mother's brother


• 19: Ego's father's brother's son


• 20: Ego's father's brother's daughter's husband


• 33: Ego' mother's brother's daughter


• 40: Ego's brother's son


• 48: Ego's mother's brother's daughter's son

Classification Criteria:

• Gender


• Generation


• Blood or Marriage


• Lineal or Collateral


• Relative Age


• Size of Family

Social Categories:

• obligationa nd responsiblities


• rules of etiquette

analyze by each factor mother, brother, uncle, cousin

Mother: female one generation ascending blood lineal + 20 y / + one gen mother's side caretaker, bearer of children raises children, teacher nurturer protector co-provider disciplinarian healer	brother: male same generation blood collateral same age / gen , older or younger n/a bully??
uncle: male one ascending indeterminate collateral indeterminate indeterminate money, live elsewhere indeterminate	cousin: gender indeterminate indeterminate blood relative collateral indeterminate indeterminate not socially important due to lack of data in these fields

Chart: Eskimo Kin Terms p 71 by American terminology

• B: mother


• E: uncles


• H,G: cousins


• D,C: brothers, sisters


• Assumption: nuclear family: mother, father and their children


• Is this nucleus an economic unit? Yes.


• This group has the highest moral obligations to each other.


• If A dies? E may help out some, but does not pick up all responsibilities


• Nuclear familiies do not react well to loss of an adult individual.


• Too dangerous for traditional societies.

Chart: Hawaiian Kin Terms, as English

• any sibling of my parent is a father or mother


• three women fulfilling duties of mother


• mother's sister will nurse, discipline, feed, shelter children
  
• man marries a mother -> mother's husband


• flexibility in residence and employment


• if Ego's biological father dies, there is little danger as his other fathers will provide


• relatives are social safety net


• compare to social democracy, trusts, insurance

Sudanese:

• every relative is unique


• my father's eldest brother by my father's third wife ..


• highly specific system, clear obligations and rules
  
• prescribed gifts from each relative


• Han Chinese, Confucian primary relationship
  
• used by many non-literate cultures, keep all this in their head

quiz next time on readings on family terminologies

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