Marriage, Family and Kinship

Paper Code: 
24DSOC501(B)
Credits: 
6
Contact Hours: 
90.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

The course will enable the studentsto evolve a comprehensive understanding of family, marriage and kinship both in historical and contemporary perspective.

 

18.00
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24DSOC501(B)

 

Marriage ,Family and Kinship

(Theory)

CO25: Examine the basic concepts related to marriage

CO26: Examine contemporary concerns in the field of marriage

CO27: Analyzing changing dimensions of family system

CO28: : Critically evaluate power and discrimination in families

CO29: Analyze the concept of kinship inview of their relevance in contemporary society

CO30:  Contribute effectively in course specific interaction

 

 

Approach in teaching: Interactive Lectures, Power Point Presentations, Discussion, Tutorials

 

Learning activities for the students: Reading assignments, Self- learning assignments, Effective questions, Paper representations

Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects

 

Unit I: 
Marriage:Basic concepts
  •  Marriage: Meaning, Forms and Functions,Changing dimensions
  • Marriage Migration,Dowry and Marriage Alliance Prestations
18.00
Unit II: 
Contemporary Issues in Marriage
  • ·        Marriage: Changing Dimensions
  • ·        Choice and Regulation in Marriage
  • New Reproductive Technologies 
18.00
Unit III: 
Families and Household
  • Family:Concept and Features ;Types
  • Reimagining Families and Changing Trends

 

 

18.00
Unit IV: 
Power and Discrimination in Families

Planning Families,Planning Gender,Consequences of Adverse Child Sex Ratio

18.00
Unit V: 
Kinship :Terminology,Types and Usages
  • Kinship Approaches:Biological,  Cultural Descent, Alliance
  • Filiation and Complementary Filiation

 

Essential Readings: 

Essential Readings:

  • Radcliffe-Brown, A. R. and D. Forde (eds.), 1950, African Systems of Kinship and Marriage, London: Oxford University Press, Introduction, pp.1-39.
  • Dumont, L., 1968, ‘Marriage Alliance’, in D. Shills (ed.), InternationalEncyclopedia of the Social Sciences, U.S.A.: Macmillan and Free Press, pp.19-23.

 

References: 

Suggested Readings:

  • Fortes, M., 1970, ‘The Structure of Unilineal Descent Groups’, in M. Fortes, Time and Social Structure and Other Essays, University of London: The Athlone Press, pp. 67-95.
  • Leach, E.R., 1961,‘Polyandry, Inheritance and the Definition of Marriage with Particular Reference to Sinhalese Customary Law’, in E. R. Leach (ed.), Rethinking Anthropology, London: The Athlone Press, pp. 105-113.
  • Sharma, U., 1993, ‘Dowry in North India: Its Consequences for Women’, in Patricia Uberoi (ed.), Family, Kinship and Marriage in India. Delhi: Oxford University Press, pp. 341-356.
  • Parkin, R. and L. Stone, 2004, ‘General Introduction’, in R. Parkin and L. Stone (eds.), Kinship and Family: An Anthropological Reader, U.S.A.: Blackwell, pp. 1-23.
  • Schneider, D. M., 2004(1972), ‘What is Kinship All About?’, in R. Parkin and L. Stone (eds.), Kinship and Family: An Anthropological Reader, U.S.A.: Blackwell, pp. 257-274.
  • Carsten, J., 2004,‘Introduction’ in         After     Kinship, Cambridge:Cambridge University Press, pp.1-30.

 

 

 

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Academic Session: 
2024-25
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