ANTH 1150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Sociolinguistics, Vervet Monkey, Northern Canada
18 Oct 2016
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Marriage: an intimate relation between spouses which creates in law kin relations (miller & Causes new tension with the uprise of universal issues in most societies. Marriage is universal, divides labour and usually results in children also adding to the. A socially approved union and is supposed to be permanent labour force. Hedican is concerned about how marriage regulates behaviour. Serial monogamy means getting married, getting divorced and then getting married again: polygamy: Polygyny: 1 husband, more than 1 wife; wives are not married. Polyandry (rare): 1 wife, more than 1 husband. Woman marries a group of brothers called a fraternal polyandry in order to keep land in the family. Exogamy is when someone marries someone within their own group is when someone marries outside of their group. Conducted an ethnographic survey in 554 cultures/societies and found: Ritual marriage that is temporary as the focus is on the wedding. Boy & girl are betrothed as youth.
