ANTHR 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Monogamy, Standard-Definition Television, Endogamy
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Sudan: where married couple husband dies and she marries her husbands ghost (aka. Universal: people think it is because it is adaptive/ solves problems that all societies have. Sexual union (can lead or not lead to children) Assumed to be more or less permanent. Many different definitions of marriage from different anthropologist. Serial monogamy: when people have many marriages and divorces. Many marriages: polygyny poly: many gyny: women. One man marrying more then 1 women: polyandry poly: many andry: men. Households: headed by senior women with support of sons and daughters. Men away fighting: life stage rituals (women, tali-tying: young boy and girl 10-12 years. Rope is tied around the girls neck. 4 days of feasting and ceremonies marrying the boy and girl. One 4 days is over the marriage is dissolved. Boy: family uses to impress and show wealth. Girl: becomes a women, socially allowed to move onto next rituals (to: sandandham have children, kids follow.
