AN101 Lecture Notes - Polygynandry, Matrilocal Residence, Patrilocal Residence
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It involves a change in the social position of the participants. Is symbolically marked by a special ceremony, where the legitimacy of the union is acknowledge. Affinal relationships (marriage) are contrasted to consanguineal relationships ( blood relationships) of descent. Not all cultures have the same rules on who can be married or not. It depends on how the descent groups and blood relationships are established. Marriage outside a defined social group (textbook, p. 269): for example: marriage outside the lineage or outside the clan, the cherokee are exogamous outside of their clans, but the tribe as a whole is endogamous. Marriage within a defined social group (textbook, p. 269). For example: marriage within a social group between two clan. The patrilineages are exogamous: you have to marry outside your own lineage. The opposite is seen as a form of incest: you marry with your consanguines. The nuer as a whole social group are endogamous: they do not marry with strangers.
