affinal

(əˈfaɪnəl)

adj

joined or connected by marriage

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affinal - (anthropology) related by marriage

affine

anthropology - the social science that studies the origins and social relationships of human beings

related - connected by kinship, common origin, or marriage

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References in periodicals archive

79-88), and how entombed epigraphy differed from other available genres of commemorative writing in placing greater emphasis on affinal kin and marriage alliances (p.

Entombed Epigraphy and Commemorative Culture in Early Medieval China: A History of Early Muzhiming

Long-term alliances between neighboring villages not only secured future reproductivity but also protected the present generation's security through affinal bonds that sometimes reduced the outbreak of warfare.

Intimate Consumption and New Sexual Subjects Among the Sambia of Papua New Guinea

Like Smart, King (1976) contended that affinal kin should be included in a kindred; this was in marked contrast to Freeman, who excluded them in his prize-winning essay 'The concept of the kindred' (1961) and in his Report on the Iban (1970).

Freeman and the Abuse of Authority

Affinal ties, subsistence, and prestige among the Coast Salish.

UN ENCLAVE ARCAICO TARDIO EN LA AGUADA COSTERA DE GUALAGUALA (DESIERTO DE ATACAMA, NORTE DE CHILE)

(14) The Church Growth Movement emphasizes the affinal and consanguineal kinship groups (tribe, caste, or clan) as the most viable means of conversion.

Pentecostals, Kinship, and Moral Economy in Guatemala

In the families interviewed, we found that they had created broad kinship networks that included both consanguineous and affinal kin, intergenerational kinship, and a variety of family structures that included Dominican, Puerto Ricans, and others across homes in Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, and New York City.

Mangu y Mofongo: Intergenerational Dominican-Puerto Rican Kinship, Intra-Latinx Subjectivities, and Latinidad

Alvarez insists he is a 'member' of the Manobo 'tribe.' But Manobo is an ethnicity, not a Rotary club where one becomes a 'member.' One is either born Manobo (consanguineal, by blood) or, to a limited extent, married into it (affinal).

Legislators and their 'ek-ek'

The distinction is between cultivated and natural, consanguineal and affinal (p.130).

MARC BRIGHTMAN: The Imbalance of Power. Leadership, Masculinity and Wealth in the Amazon

Affinal relations talk about comprise of husband and wife, mother in law and daughter-in-law, jeth (husband's elder brother) and jethani (husband's elder brother's wife), devar (husband's younger brother), nanad (sister-in-law or husband's sister).

Women Imagery in Folk Wedding Songs: An Ethnographic Study of Rajput Folksongs