8.0 Family and Marriage
Authors:
Vanessa Martínez, Holyoke Community College
Demetrios Brellas, Framingham State University
Contributing Authors:
Mary Kay Gilliland, Central Arizona College gilliland@centralaz.edu
Learning Objectives
- Describe the variety of human families cross-culturally with examples.
- Discuss variation in parental rights and responsibilities.
- Distinguish between matrilineal, patrilineal, and bilateral kinship systems.
- Identify the differences between kinship establish by blood and kinship established by marriage
- Evaluate the differences between dowry and bridewealth as well as between different types of post-marital residence.
- Recognize patterns of family and marriage and explain why these patterns represent rational decisions within the cultural contexts.
