Kinship, kin groups, and socialization

Williams, Thomas Rhys

Kinship, kin groups, and socialization

Introduction to socialization: human culture transmitted • C. V. Mosby • St Louis • Published In 1972 • Pages: 125-163 •

By Williams, Thomas Rhys

Abstract

This textbook chapter outlines relationships between kinship and socialization. It also uses a three-point scale to describe the variation in enculturation processes for a sample of 128 societies. Without presenting a formal test, the author concludes that enculturation (as he measures it) is weaker in industrialized societies than in those without industrialization or urbanization.

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Ethnographic Reports

Hypotheses (1)
Hypothesis	Supported
". . . as industrialization and urbanization occur . . . 1) the number of parent surrogates is progressively reduced, 2) kin group demands are increasingly replaced by demands made on individuals by technological institutions . . . 3) grandparents come to be unable to serve as guides for children to the ethos and eidos of a culture" (155)	Supported

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Kinship, kin groups, and socialization

Introduction to socialization: human culture transmitted • C. V. Mosby • St Louis • Published In 1972 • Pages: 125-163 • Cite

By Williams, Thomas Rhys

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Introduction to socialization: human culture transmitted • C. V. Mosby • St Louis • Published In 1972 • Pages: 125-163 •