ANTHRO 2A Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Dowry, Exogamy, Endogamy
Document Summary
The pracice of marrying outside of one"s own group. The pracice of marrying inside of one"s own group. There were laws that prohibited marrying outside race. They oten have to do with maintaining status hierarchies. Married couple goes to live with the husband"s people. Married couple goes to live with the wife"s people. Married couple go set up a new household elsewhere. Form of residence where the new husband and wife go to live with the husband"s mother"s brother. Father of the bride pays for a lot of the shit. Bridewealth transfer of wealth of the groom and his people to the bride"s people. Socieies that pracice this believe that losing a girl to the husband means that they lose labor and inheritance of that girl. Dowry the transfer of wealth from the bride"s people to the husband/husband"s people. Socieies that pracice this think that the girl (bride) is a burden.
