Kinship Pt 1: Kinship Structures
Kinship is one of the first topics anthropologists studied over 150 years ago. While the term may seem quaint, issues of intimate relationships never get old.
“Part 1: Kinship Structures” outlines different ways of structuring family through marriage.
“Part 2: Brother, Sisters, and Beyond” explores siblinghood and culturally specific kin relationships.
“Part 3: Oedipus Ubiquitous?” questions whether there are universal psychological dynamics between parents and children.
“Part 4: Kinship and Contemporary Family-making,” offers an anthropological perspective on significant contemporary shifts in the way family is being created and defined.
“Part 5: Manipulating Kinship: Cults and Politics,” explores what happens when kinship structures and family ties are interrupted or controlled for political purposes.
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Resources:
Kinship and Family: An Anthropological Reader Edited by David Parkin and Linda Stone
Kinship and Gender: An Introduction Edited by Linda Stone and Diane E. King
Films:
Theories about Family and Marriage: Crash Course Sociology #37 by CrashCourse
What is the most important influence on child development with Tom Weisner by TedXUCLA
Family Trees in Other Languages by NativLang
Introduction to Kinship and Marriage by Professor Alan MacFarlane