The Concept "Fictive Kin" Refers to the

question 18

Multiple Choice

The concept "fictive kin" refers to the

• A) upper class preoccupation with genealogy and the tracing of lineage.
• B) increasing geographic separation of nuclear families from their immediate kin.
• C) exchange of goods and services between friends that resembles kinship.
• D) replacement of legal marriage by the increasing incidence of long term nonmarital cohabitation.