ANTH100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 30: Bride Service, Bride Price

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTH100
• Professor: Robert Park

Document Summary

Common in other parts of the world for newly weds (or their kin) to exchange commodities to ensure a healthy marriage, secure social status, secure economic status ect. Valuables ow from the kinfolk of the groom to the kinfolk of the bride. Used to compensate the brides family for the loss of her labour and means of production. Women are working in the home and therefore provide the family with a source of labour. Without her, the family looses her help. Most often found in societies characterized by; Women contribute a great deal to primary economic activities. Labour ows from the groom and sometimes his kinfolk, to the kinfolk of the bride. Also used to compensate the brides family for the loss of her labour and means of production. Women have a common role in labour in the home, strong family ties ect. Most often found in small scale, often nomadic societies.