kin relationships

Scope Note

Conception of kinship; cultural definition of kinship statuses; kinship symbolism and its extensions (e.g., to kings, to gods); interpenetration of kinship with other aspects of culture (e.g., nepotism); analyses of patterned kinship behavior; incidence and interpretations of stereotyped patterns (e.g., joking, respect, avoidance); categories of kin not classifiable elsewhere (e.g., patrikin and matrikin, general affinal relatives) and relationships among them; reciprocal parent-in- law relations (e.g., consuegro); etc. Data on relationships between specific secondary and tertiary relatives will be found in separate categories.

Identifier

Broader Term

• 600 kinship

Related Terms

• 182 functional/adaptational interpretations
• 476 mutual aid
• 574 visiting and hospitality
• 578 ingroup antagonisms
• 582 regulation of marriage
• 593 family relationships
• 595 polygamy
• 610 kin groups
• 661 exploitation
• 764 burial practices and funerals
• 835 kinship regulation of sex
• 851 social placement
• 867 transmission of cultural norms