Part Five V › Division I I › Section 513 513

Major Cultural Components and Institutions of Human Societies

Subject Outline

ASystems of relationship based upon marriage and descent: kinship
- 1General aspects of kinship
- 2Laws and customs regarding mate selection, sexual behaviour, marriage and divorce, legitimacy [see also 553.B.]
- 3Rules of residence; e.g., virilocal, uxorilocal, neolocal
- 4Descent systems: unilineal, cognatic, and variant forms
- 5Control of resources, inheritance, and succession: the family as a centre for transmission of economic, religious, political, and other powers and goods
- 6Kinship and social change: kinship as an evolving social institution
BOther social structures
- 1The varieties of groups and other associations within societies
- 2Organization by status: class systems, caste systems, systems characterized by slavery or serfdom
CTypes of economic systems
- 1The economic systems of primitive or nonurban peoples
  - aProduction, division of labour, role differentiation
  - bExchange of goods, distribution of wealth
  - cProperty and property rights
- 2The economic systems of developed nations [see Division I I I, below]
DOther elements common to all cultures but differing in expression or practice between cultures
- 1Education and socialization: formal and informal enculturation
- 2Religious belief, folklore [for religious belief, see 811]
- 3Legal systems [see 551.B.]
- 4Artistic expression: literature, visual arts, performing arts; crafts [see 611, 612, and 613]
- 5Linguistic systems [see 514]
- 6Recreation, sports and games