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Understand what it means for much of kinship to be culturally constructed. |
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Know the difference between nuclear and extended families. In addition, you should be able to distinguish between family of orientation and family of procreation. |
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Understand how industrialism has affected family organization. In particular, you should be familiar with recent changes in North American kinship. |
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Be familiar with typical patterns of family organization among foragers. |
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Know what descent groups are, and be familiar with the different kinds of descent and postmarital residence rules. In addition, you should know the difference between clans and lineages. |
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Be able to distinguish between incest, exogamy, and endogamy. |
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Know the six things that marriage can, but does not always, accomplish. In addition, you should understand how these factors are relevant to the consideration of same-sex marriage. |
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Understand how marriage functions as a form of group alliance, and the role that bridewealth and dowries play in creating and maintaining such alliances. In addition, you should be able to distinguish between sororate and levirate marriages. |
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Know how divorce varies across cultures. In particular, you should be familiar with the factors that affect rates of divorce. |
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Be able to distinguish between the different kinds of plural marriages and the conditions that favor each. |