ANT-2 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Dowry, Edward Evans, 1St Baron Mountevans, Sampling Bias
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Suicide of a wife upon death of her husband (india: husband dies of act of great personal and group honour, voluntarily joins husband on funeral. (burns to death, assisted suicide. The murder of a person based on the fact of her being female. Accounts for high proportion of male deaths in some horticultural societies. Destruction of culture without physically killing its people. Physical extermination of cultural and its people. Transfer of cash and goods from the bride"s family to the newly married couple and to the groom"s family. Transfer of cash and goods, often large amounts, from the bride"s family to the groom"s family. Transfer of cash and goods from the groom"s family to the bride"s family and to the bride. Colonial presence (represent the men: sensitive to locals. Fieldwork involved living with them, learn, speak of their culture: dramatic/ceremonial details just important, not just going over to visit. Pritchard own fieldwork: asandi (central africa/sudan)
