Vocabulary

altered to suit the needs of the family or trends of the time

dealing with agriculture, farm based. The locale of the extended (joint) family system.

a situation in which a person or entity is unknown

a household or family unit created by one male and one female and the children from their previous marriages and may include children from the present marriage.

the creation of a system hich governs through departements and subdivisions managed by sets of officials following an inflexible routine

an instrumental action dealing with death, that is also expressional and that may or may not be charged with symbolic content expressing, among other things, the attitudes of the participants and possible onlookers (passive participants) who may be regarded as co-beneficiaries.

a social grouing in which members possess roughly equivalent culturally valued attributes

two unrelated adults of he opposite sex sharing the same living quarters

living or happening in the same period

the emotional attitude that all cultures are equal and pertinent

like abstract patterns of an for living and dying, which ar identifiale in all cultures

consists of abstract patterns (the rules, ideas, beliefs shared by members of society) of and for living and dying, which are learned directly or indirectly

social behavior as dictated by the tradition of the people

pertaining to demography; the science of vital statistics, or of births, deaths, marriages etc of populations

the accquiring of the culture by a person through deliberate instruction by other members of that society

male and female have equal rights, duties and governing power

the method by which the social values are internalized (learned)

any of the basic divisions or groups of humankind distinguised by customs, characteristics and languages, rather than physical characteristics of race

the emotional attitude that one's own race, nation, group, or culture is superior to all others

a household or family unit consisting of father and mother, all their children (except married daughters), their son's wives and children (except married daughters)

behaviors which are construed as somewhat less compulsive than mores of the same society; and do not call for a stong reaction from the society if violated

rite with the body present

an all inclusive term used to encompass all funerals and or memorial services

a process involving all activities associated with final disposition

a funeral rite that is in essence devoid of religious connotation

any disposition of human remains, which is completely devoid of any form of funeral rite at the time of disposition

a process by which a person learns the norms of his or her culture by observation of others in his or her society

individual crafting of products is replaced by manufacture of goods utilizing mass production techniques

a must behavior not necessarily a basic or important pattern of a people (related to death) but one which is enforced by those governing; a rule of action prescived by an authority able to enforce its will

the mother rules the family; a woman holding a position analogous to that of a patriarch

funeral rites with the body not present

the stat or quality of being mobile; the ability to move from place to place readily, or to move from class to class, either up or down

of or characteristic of the present or recent times; not ancient, often used to designate certiain contemporary tendencies

a household or family unit created by related nuclear families and or friendships

must behavior; the basic and important patterns of ideas and acts of a people as related to treatement of the dead, which calls for a stong reaction from the society if violated

the tendency of offspring to move away from the area in which they were born

a funeral rite that deviates from the normal or prescribed circumstances of established custom

a household or family unit consisting of one man and - one woman married to each other and their children, if any

the father rules the family; power is passed to he oldest male child

a culture developed before the invention of writing; hence, leaving no written record

a culturally entrenced pattern of behavior made up of: 10 sacred beliefs, 2) emotional feelings accompanying the beliefs and 3) overt conduct presumably implementing the beliefs and feelings

any event performed in a solemn and prescribed manner

ceremonies centering around transition in life from one status to another (ex. Baptism, marriage and the funeral)

specified methods of procedures

a household or family unit consiting of one adult, either male or female, and his/her children

a group of persons formin a single community with some interests in common

an event that allows those who have something in common with each other to deal with one another in regard to that which they share

the upward or downward movement of a person or family within the social classes of their society

catergorization of people by money, prestige and power; a ranking of social status (position) in groups such as upper, middle and lower class

a group of persons forming a single community with some interests in common

the science of social groups; the processes that tend to maintain or change these forms of organizations and the relations between groups and individuals

a division, or smaller identifiable unit of culture, connected to that culture by common traits, having unique traits to itself

things to which socially created meaning is given

must behaviors that dictates the individual must abstain from certain acts dealing with death

a funeral rite that follows a prescribed ritual or ceremony that may be dicated either by religious belief or social custom

the change from rural to urban in character