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Unit 1: Nature and Significance of the Subject 1
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Unit 2: Kinship: Basic Terms and Concepts: Lineage, Clan, Phratry, Moiety, Kingroup, Kindred, Incest, Descent 7
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Unit 3: Basic Terms and Concepts: Inheritance, Succession, Consanguinity and Affinity 17
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Unit 4: Approaches to the Study of Kinship: Historical and Evolutionary 22
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Unit 5: Approaches to the Study of Kinship: Structural Functional 31
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Unit 6: Approaches to the Study of Kinship: Cultural 37
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Unit 7: Approaches to the Study of Kinship: Gender Perspective 46
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Unit 8: Kinship Terminology 53
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Unit 9: Kinship as an Organising Principle: Descent-Patrilineal, Matrilineal, Double and Cognatic Descent 57
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Unit 10: Kinship as an Organising Principle: Descent Groups, Corporate Groups and Local Groups 61
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Unit 11: Change in Land and Lineage Structure 68
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Unit 12: Marriage: Concept, Forms, Significance of Marriage 76
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Unit 13: Monogamy and Polygamy 86
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Unit 14: Mate Selection in India and West 94
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Unit 15: Bride-Wealth and Dowry 104
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Unit 16: Changing Trends in Marriage 110
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Unit 17: Divorce, Widowhood and Re-marriage 115
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Unit 18: Rules of Residence: Virilocal, Uxorilocal, Neolocal and Natolocal Residence 125
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