ANTHRO 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 33: Patrilineality, Patrilocal Residence

• School: Bloomsburg University
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTHRO 200
• Professor: Warner

Document Summary

Marriage exchange continued: dowry (cid:449)ife"s ki(cid:374) group pro(cid:448)ides su(cid:271)sta(cid:374)tial (cid:449)ealth to the hus(cid:271)a(cid:374)d"s fa(cid:373)ily. Gender stratification (the bigger the dowry the bigger the gender stratification) If there is a large dowry it is very likely that the women will be killed as infants or even (cid:449)he(cid:374) they are older to (cid:862)sa(cid:448)e the fa(cid:373)ily(cid:863) fro(cid:373) ha(cid:448)i(cid:374)g to pay the do(cid:449)ry. Wo(cid:373)e(cid:374)"s la(cid:271)or (cid:374)ot highly (cid:448)alued (cid:894)e(cid:448)e(cid:374) though their la(cid:271)or hours average 4 hours more per day tha(cid:374) (cid:373)e(cid:374)"s(cid:895) Women seen as economic burdens: generalized cultural trait in agricultural states. Bilateral des(cid:272)e(cid:374)t: tra(cid:272)e a(cid:374)(cid:272)estry through (cid:271)oth (cid:373)other a(cid:374)d father"s li(cid:374)e: foragers & industrial / post-industrial cultures. Unilineal descent: trace ancestry and inheritance through one side (mother or father: pastoralists, agriculturalists, horticulturalists. Patrili(cid:374)eality (cid:894)father"s de(cid:272)e(cid:374)t(cid:895) (cid:894)co(cid:373)(cid:373)o(cid:374) (cid:449)ith agri(cid:272)ulturalists a(cid:374)d pastoralists(cid:895) Matrili(cid:374)eality (cid:894)mother"s de(cid:272)ent) (common with horticulturalists and pastoralists: marriage does not make you family, most common. A reliance on domesticated animals (cattle) as the primary means of subsistence.