URBAN FAMILY IN A KINSHIP RELATION SYSTEM
Abstract
Analysing kinship network of certain nuclear family type (tradicional migrant family), this paper will try to shape the structure of kin relations thet function in urban surroundings of our socirty. The main goal was to examine if urban culture influences the intensity and manner or relationship between close-family and further relatives. In other words, we want to explore to which extend traditional cultural and ideologic base continues to articulate its nature. This brings the need to determine direction and extend of spreading active relations among kin, which are uderstood as action between existing blood and marriage ties, as well as to explore bihavioral patterns.
Family does not have the same relationships with all relatives. According to the intimacy of contacts, and degree of knowledge between them, it is possible to classify family relations towards the kin. In this way we observe two categoies of relations in kinship network maning two types of active kin relations. They indicate different degree of social clossenes between family and relatives, different degres of kin interaction manifested by different behavioral patterns, rights and duties.
Classifying kin relations in this way, we are forming rather social than genealogical definition of kinship. To determine the degree in which urban culture influences the characteristics of family relations with further relatives, we appointed family of urban origin through several generations, as a control group.
Analyses were performed on the material collected by field work in few towns in Serbia (Beograd, Titovo Užice, Šabac). The results consern only the certain types of family organisations, and are ratner showing some particularities in explored relationships, than offering conclusions.
