Anthropology 1: Marital Residence and Kinship Structure
ANTHROPOLOGY---CHAPTER 11
HAND-OUTS ON :
“MARITAL RESIDENCE AND STRUCTURE OF KINSHIP “
In this chapter, we studied the marital residence explains the newly married couple usually establishes a place of residence apart from parents or relatives( neolocal residence). But about 95% of the world’s societies have some pattern of residence whereby the new couple settles within, or very close to, the household of the parents or some other close relative of the groom or bride. Neolocal (new-place) residence living or located away from both the husband's and the wife's residence.
~What is Marital Residence~
According to the Law & Legal definition, marital residence is a term used in divorce law to refer to the property where the couple resided together before the breakdown of the marriage.
Example: a down payment which is comprised of separate assets may be backed out of the value of the property and returned to the party who contributed the separate asset, even where the property is deemed marital.
There were four major patterns in which married couples live with or near kinsmen are these: * Patrilocal residence:
~ having wife join her husband’s family in which a wife goes to live with her husband’s family. 67% of all societies | | * Matrilocal residence :
~ involving move to wife’s family home which describes that after the wedding in a form of marriage, the bridegroom moves to his new wife’s family home. 15% of all societies. | * Bilocal residence:
~ When the couple alternates between the wife’s group and the husband’s group, their household arrangements. 7% of all societies.
* Avunculocal residence :
~ children have a special relationship with their mother’s brothers. In these systems, boys leave their natal home during adolescence and join the household of one of their maternal uncles. 4% of all societies.
The rules of affliating individuals with sets of kin are called rules of descent. Descent means previous
HAND-OUTS ON :
“MARITAL RESIDENCE AND STRUCTURE OF KINSHIP “
In this chapter, we studied the marital residence explains the newly married couple usually establishes a place of residence apart from parents or relatives( neolocal residence). But about 95% of the world’s societies have some pattern of residence whereby the new couple settles within, or very close to, the household of the parents or some other close relative of the groom or bride. Neolocal (new-place) residence living or located away from both the husband's and the wife's residence.
~What is Marital Residence~
According to the Law & Legal definition, marital residence is a term used in divorce law to refer to the property where the couple resided together before the breakdown of the marriage.
Example: a down payment which is comprised of separate assets may be backed out of the value of the property and returned to the party who contributed the separate asset, even where the property is deemed marital.
There were four major patterns in which married couples live with or near kinsmen are these: * Patrilocal residence:
~ having wife join her husband’s family in which a wife goes to live with her husband’s family. 67% of all societies | | * Matrilocal residence :
~ involving move to wife’s family home which describes that after the wedding in a form of marriage, the bridegroom moves to his new wife’s family home. 15% of all societies. | * Bilocal residence:
~ When the couple alternates between the wife’s group and the husband’s group, their household arrangements. 7% of all societies.
* Avunculocal residence :
~ children have a special relationship with their mother’s brothers. In these systems, boys leave their natal home during adolescence and join the household of one of their maternal uncles. 4% of all societies.
The rules of affliating individuals with sets of kin are called rules of descent. Descent means previous