ANT-2 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Cousin Marriage, Incest Taboo, Endogamy
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A more or less stable union between two people, who may be, but are not necessarily, coresidential, sexually involved with each other, and procreative with each other. Specifying who is a preferred marriage partner. Rule prohibiting marriage or sexual intercourse between certain kinship relations. Rules of marriage within a particular group, stipulate that a spouse must be from a defined social category. Parallel indicates that the linking siblings are of the same gender. Marriage between mother"s children and mother"s sister"s children or father"s children and father"s brother"s children. Cross indicates difference in gender between the two linking siblings. Marriage between mother"s children and mother"s brother"s children or father"s children and father"s sister"s children. Marriage in which the bride"s status is lower than the groom"s. Marriage in which the bride"s status is higher than the groom"s. Marriage between individuals of the same social status. Occurs in societies where male and female roles and.
