Essays on Kinship Page 2

The arena of modern anthropology has been considering for almost over ninety years kinship as among its most important domains in research. It locates the universality, characteristics that are fully recognized and distinguished, among human societies but it further and likewise illustrates the specificity that is inevitably present within the society itself. Louis Henry Morgan…

Trobriander’s Culture Different cultures have their differences and what makes them unique but in the end when you really look at a culture, there are some general characteristics that are similar to your own culture. These kin ties make their lineage stronger; show how they bond with each other and one’s specific roles in their…

The Minangkabau of Indonesia are basically a female dominated society divided into suku or matrilineal descent groups. The size of these Matriclans depends on the economic and size of each group. Each suku has a subclan that called payuang where genealogical roots of each individual may not be traced but still consider themselves as a…

            Harold and Maude is a morbid love story about a young man and a 79-year-old woman.  Harold enjoys faking suicide to shock his mother, however, Harold has faked his death about sixteen times, so it no longer fazes his mother.  She ignores it.             When Harold crashes a funeral, something he does on a…