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madam-professor · **on:** Jul 10, 2018

In poor shanty-towns in Brazil, anthropologist Nancy Scheper-Hughes found that one essential feature of kinship systems was altered among poor women. Which relationship was this?

a. Between father and daughters
b. Between father and children (sons and daughters)
c. Between mother and son
d. Between mother and children (sons and daughters)
e. Between mother and father

Question 2

Which of the following statements about kinship systems is NOT true?

a. They create very close social ties.
b. They provide moral coercion to adhere to social norms.
c. They are extremely stable and do not change over time.
d. They involve strong bonds of obligation.
e. They provide security for their members.