ANTH 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Totem, Cargo Cult, Liminality
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Endogamy: marriage of people from the same group (less common) Maintain social differences, particularly in stratified societies. Manifest function: the reason given for a custom. Latent function: the effects a custom has that are not explicitly recognized. No doubt their children should rule because power and property remain in the family. Bridewealth: a gift from the husband"s kin to the wife"s kin. Dowry: marital exchange in which the wife"s group provides substantial gifts to the husband"s family. Sororate: husband may marry the wife"s sister if the wife dies. Levirate: right to marry the husband"s brother if the husband dies. Customs continue the original alliance between groups of kin. Cross-culturally, high divorce rates are correlated with secure female economic position. In patrilineal groups, children must stay with the father"s family, bridewealth returned. Religion: belief and ritual concerned with supernatural beings, powers, and forces; bodies of people who gather together regularly for worship. Supernatural: extraordinary realm outside the observable world.
