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(SYLLABUS)
ukrsnkjh dk lekt'kkL=
(Sociology of Kinship)

mís’;
• ukrsnkjh ds lkekftd laca/kksa ds egÙo dks Nk=ksa dks le>kuk vkSj mlls ifjfpr djkuk] fookg ds vkuqoaf'kd <ax ls
laca/kksa ds vkilh tqM+ko dh le`) fofo/krk vkSj vU; lkekftd laca/kksa ls Nk=ksa dks voxr djkukA
• ukrsnkjh O;oLFkk esa fofHkUu tkrh; lekt vkSj lkekftd laLFkkvksa ds rqyukRed v/;;u dks le>us esa Nk=ksa dh

lgk;rk djukA
• ukrsnkjh] fookg vkSj ifjokj ds v/;;u dks fof“Uu j=ksrksa] eqíksa vkSj cgl ds }kjk Nk=ksa ds lkeus vf“O;Dr djukA

Objectives
• To demonstrate to the students the social importance of kinship ties and familiarise her/him with the rich
diversity in the types of networks of relationships created by genealogical links of marriage and other social ties.
• To show to the students how the study of kinship systems in different ethnographic settings can facilitate a
comparative understanding of societies and social institutions.
• To expose the students to the different approaches, issues and debates in studies of kinship, marriage and
family.

Sr. No. Content

1 Sociology of Kinship: Nature and significance of the subject

2 Basic terms and concepts: Lineage, clan, phratry, moiety, kingroup, kindred,

incest, descent, Inheritance, succession, consanguinity and affinity.

3 Approaches to the study of kinship: historical and evolutionary, Structural

functional, Cultural, gender perspective

4 Kinship terminology, Kinship as an organizing principle: descent- patrilineal,
matrilineal, double and cognatic descent

5 Kinship as an organising principle: descent groups, corporate groups and local
groups, Changes in Land and Lineage Structure.

6 Concept, forms, significance, Monogamy and polygamy, Mate selection in India
and the West, Bride-wealth and Dowry

7 Changing trends in marriage, Divorce, widowhood and remarriage, Rules of
residence: virilocal, uxorilocal, neolocal and natolocal residence, The
genealogical method

8 Family & Household, Definition of Family, nature of family, Forms and
functions of family, Development Cycle of family in India.