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kinship system

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Noun1.kinship system - (anthropology) the system of social relationships that constitute kinship in a particular culture, including the terminology that is used and the reciprocal obligations that are entailed
organization, arrangement, organisation, system - an organized structure for arranging or classifying; "he changed the arrangement of the topics"; "the facts were familiar but it was in the organization of them that he was original"; "he tried to understand their system of classification"
anthropology - the social science that studies the origins and social relationships of human beings


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The second and third sections thoroughly analyze and examine presentist concerns--concerns such as the comparative differential treatment of females by both black and white fraternities; public rituals such as branding, calls, and stepping; and the kinship systems that develop as a result of membership in sororities.
African American Fraternities and Sororities: The Legacy and the ... by Williams, Vernon J., Jr. / Journal of Southern History
7) The question I wish to engage is the question of the continued importance or decline of the kinship system as an important basis for social relationships and creation of life opportunities for children in the context of increasingly globalized societies in modern Latin America.
The house, the street, global society: Latin American families and ... by Kuznesof, Elizabeth A. / Journal of Social History
I argue that Bidayuh kinship has to be understood in relation to the house and household, in addition to the kinship system.
I kraft av risen. Hverdagsliv og sosial samhorighet blant Bidayuh i ... by Skau, Erna / Borneo Research Bulletin
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