ANTHRO 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: East Los Angeles College, Marilyn Strathern, Dowry
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Rights of spouses to each other"s economic goods and services. Bridewealth: goods or money of some type that will be give from the broom to the family"s bride. Bride service: in case the bride doesn"t have the money for the wedding . Mate selection: preferential cousin marriage mate selection: levirate and sororate. Levirate: a man marrying the widow of a deceased brother. Sororate: a woman marrying the husband of her deceased sister. Monogamy: maritial practice with only one spouse polygyny: marriage of a man to two or more women polyandry: marriage of a woman to two or more men. The nuclear family consists of a married couple and their children. The extended family consists of a larger social unit, comprising relatives from three or more generations. Kinship: the social relationships that people are born into or create later in life, and are expressed through but not limited to, family member terms (i. e. mother, son, cousin, and so on).
