Monday, September 19, 2011

Society and Culture : Family (for BSIT II Gold & Ruby)

Family is the oldest and basic of all social institutions. John Locke defines the family as a group of persons united by bonds of marriage, blood or adoption, constituting a single household, interacting and communicating with each other in their respective social roles, and creating and maintaining a common culture.

The smallest units are called conjugal families which must include a husband and wife. What is nuclear family then? How this differs to an extended family?

The Filipino Family - during the Spanish period and before the outbreak of World War II, has preserved its solidarity. Family ties were close. The members lived, worked, ate and, among the Catholics heard masses and prayed the Angelus and the Rosary as a family. It is the basic unit of society and the primary social institution  where one is born. Its failure to direct the correct way of its members may destroy the bond that ties as the forerunner destined to rear, develop and discipline the youth of the society.

Types of families on the basis of lineal descent from ancestors:
1. Patrilineal descent
2. Matrilineal descent
3. Bilateral descent

On the basis of the norms of residence, when people marry, they decide to leave the home
1. Neolocal residence
2. Patrilocal residence
3. Matrilocal residence
4. Bilocal residence

On the basis of norms of authority
1. Patriarchal Family
2. Matriarchal Family

The family patterns among Christian Filipinos is the practice of monogamy, while Muslim Filipinos, the practice of polygamy is common. 



   -please refer to the linkages for further discussion-
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4 comments:

  1. -Nuclear family is consist of father, mother and their children.
    -Extended family refers to the family members who extend beyond the immediate or nuclear family of parents and their children.
    -Monogamy is a form of marriage in which an individual has only one spouse at any one time.
    -Polygamy is a marriage which includes more than two partners.

    Craus, Rosita II-GOLD ^_^

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  2. =Patrilineal Descent is a system in which family descent is reckoned through the blood links of males.
    =Matrilineal descent pattern is in contrast to the more common modern pattern of patrilineal descent from which a Family name is usually derived.
    =Bilateral descent is a system of family lineage in which the relatives on the mother's side and father's side are equally important for emotional ties or for transfer of property or wealth.
    =Matrilocal residence is a term referring to the societal system in which a married couple resides with or near the wife's parents, thus the female offspring of a mother remain living in (or near) the mother's house, thereby forming large clan-families, typically consisting of three or four generations living in the same place.

    Mabala, Rebecca II-GOLD

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  3. =Neolocal residence is a type of post-marital residence when a newly married couple resides separately from both the husband's natal household and the wife's natal household.
    =Patrilocal residence is a term referring to the social system in which a married couple resides with or near the husband's parents.
    =Bilocal residence is the societal postmarital residence in which couples, upon marriage, live with or near either the husband's parents or the wife's parents.
    =Patriarchal family a form of social organization in which the male is the family head and title is traced through the male line" - in other words a family where the father is the authority figure and everyone gains his approval or follows his instructions.
    =Matriarchal family is a society in which females, especially mothers, have the central roles of political leadership and moral authority.

    Comajes, Mary Gail II-GOLD

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  4. FAMILY
    -is the smallest organization of society and
    was the principal institution for the socialization
    of children.

    John Locke
    -a British philosopher, Oxford academic and medical researcher.

    Conjugal family
    -are families consisting of husband and wife, with or without children

    Nuclear family
    -consist of a wife/mother,a husband/father,and their children.


    Extended family
    -efers to the family members who extend beyond the immediate or nuclear family of parents and their children.

    Patrilineal descent(agnatic)
    -is established by tracing descent exclusively through males from a founding male ancestor.

    Matrilineal descent(uterine)
    -is established by tracing descent exclusively through females from a founding female ancestor.


    Bilateral descent
    - system of family lineage in which the relatives on the mother's side and father's side are equally important for emotional ties or for transfer of property or wealth.

    Neolocal residence
    -is a type of post-marital residence when a newly married couple resides separately from both the husband's natal household and the wife's natal household.


    Patrilocal residence
    -is a term referring to the social system in which a married couple resides with or near the husband's parents. The concept of location may extend to a larger area such as a village, town, or clan area.


    Matrilocal residence
    -is a term referring to the societal system in which a married couple resides with or near the wife's parents, thus the female offspring of a mother remain living in or near the mother's house, thereby forming large clan-families, typically consisting of three or four generations living in the same place.


    Bilocal residence
    -was the regular alternation of a married couple's residence between the household or vicinity of the wife's kin and of the husband's kin


    Patriarchal Family(Patriarchy)
    -is a social system in which the role of the male as the primary authority figure is central to social organization, and where fathers hold authority over women, children, and property.

    Matriarchal Family(Matriarchy)
    -is a society in which females, especially mothers, have the central roles of political leadership and moral authority.

    Monogamy
    -a form of marriage in which an individual has only one spouse at any one time.

    Pologamy
    - is a kind of marriage which includes more than two partners.


    Cahutay,Norbel II-RUBY

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