11Soc Chapter 11 - Family

Chapter 11 - Family

Lesson 1 - Family and Marriage Across Cultures

Learning Objectives:

• Define the family.

  
  

• Outline the two basic types of families.

  
  

• Examine the patterns of family structure.

  
  

Guiding Question

How do different types of families

determine who inherits, who is in

authority, and where couples live?

Let's begin by watching this video on Family Structure

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHvaKv9N0VE

Patterns of Family Structure

Families of all types and sizes tend to behave in similar ways across cultures. These patterns of behavior relate to common family questions on inheritance, authority, and place of residence.

1) Inheritance: Patrilineal - Matrilineal - Bileneal

2) Authority: Patriarchy - Matriarchy - Egalitarian

3) Residence: Patrilocal - Matrilocal - Neolocal

Inheritance

Families need to answer the question of inheritance. From which parent do children receive their name, family property, or membership in an ethnic group?

The answer to Inheritance could be in three forms:

Patrilineal - Matrilineal - Bileneal

Inheritance

Patrilineal—descent and inheritance are passed from the father to his male descendents.

Inheritance

Matrilineal—descent and inheritance are transmitted from the mother to her female descendents.

Inheritance

Bilineal—descent and inheritance are passed equally through both parents.

Let's watch this video on the difference between Matrilineal and Patrilineal Inheritance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvPcdkJkLbw

Main Ideas

• Families of all types and sizes across all cultures tend to have similar patterns of behavior relating to common family questions such as inheritance, authority, and place of residence.

• Inheritance, which involves the passing on of the family name, property, and membership in an ethnic group, can be patrilineal (from father to son), matrilineal (from mother to daughter), or bilineal (equally through both parents).

Learning Objectives

• Examine the patterns of family structure.

• Explain authority as a pattern of family structure

• Explain Residence as a pattern of family structure

Guiding Question

How do different types of families

determine who inherits, who is in

authority, and where couples live?

Patterns of Family Structure

Families of all types and sizes tend to behave in similar ways across cultures. These patterns of behavior relate to common family questions on inheritance, authority, and place of residence.

1) Inheritance: Patrilineal - Matrilineal - Bileneal

2) Authority: Patriarchy - Matriarchy - Egalitarian

3) Residence: Patrilocal - Matrilocal - Neolocal

Multiple Select

In Minangkabau Society, the man traditionally marries into his wife's household, and the woman inherits the ancestral home.

• Patrilineal

• Matrilineal

• Bilinear

Multiple Select

The Humr Baqqarah society have communal rights whereas cultivable plots of land are owned individually and handed down from father to son.

• Patrilineal

• Matrilineal

• Bilinear

Multiple Select

In the Yako society, the important portable property like money is inherited through the mother, and fixed property such as farm plots are inherited through the father.

• Patrilineal

• Matrilineal

• Bilinear

Authority

The question of authority in families works similarly to the question of inheritance.

The answer comes in three forms:

Patriarchy - Matriarchy - Egalitarian

Authority

–Patriarchy—the oldest man living in the household has authority over the rest of the family.

–Matriarchy—the oldest woman living in the household holds authority.

–Egalitarian—authority is split evenly between husband and wife.

A Patriarchal Structure

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0LXAC2PXuU

Matriarchal Societies around the world

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkjr711DoG8

Where Couples Live (Residence)

Typically, when a couple marries, they set up a new home together. There is a cultural pattern to how and where this happens.

This also comes in three forms:

Patrilocal - Matrilocal - Neolocal

Residence (Where to live)

–Patrilocal—they live near the husband’s family.

–Matrilocal—they live near the wife’s family.

–Neolocal—married couples establish residences of their own.

Let's watch this video on where couples live (Until 3:30 Mins)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULUYyeqh2cM

Open Ended

If when you get married you choose to live with your husband's family household, which type of residence family structure is this?

Main Ideas

• The authority figure in a family may be the oldest man living in the household (patriarchy), the oldest woman living in the household (matriarchy), or an even split between husband and wife (egalitarian).

• Culture may expect a new couple to reside near the husband’s parents (patrilocal), near the wife’s parents (matrilocal), or at a new location (neolocal).

• Marriages take many forms, and cultures may allow one or more than one spouse, but whatever form and ritual is involved, the marriage ceremony announces to the community that a new family has been formed and that any children of the couple can legitimately inherit the family name and property.