ANTH 260 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Incest Taboo, Hypergamy, Bride Price
26 Oct 2018
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Preference rules: endogamy, marriage within a certain group, exogamy, marriage outside of a group, hypergamy, marrying up, wealthier, higher status, hypogamy, marrying down, lower status. Marriage gifts: bridewealth or brideprice, price of a bride, bride service, labor performed for bride"s family, dowry, gifts from brides family to married couple. Forms of marriage: monogamy, polygamy (2 forms, polygyny, man with multiples wives, polyandry, woman with multiple husbands, found in himalayas. Family vs. household: patrilocal father, matrilocal, mother, avunculocal, live in uncle"s house, ambiolocal, through mother or father line, could be both, neolocal. Biological characteristics that refer to men and women gender. Refers to socially constructed roles, behaviors and activities that society deems appropriate for men and women. Describes congenital conditions where development of chromosomal, gonadal, or anatomical sex is atypical : hermaphrodite. Hijra (india: neither man nor woman, most known for musical performances at weddings, could be combination of both. Travesti (brazil: female-like physical features, often associated with male sex work.
