ANT 111 Study Guide - Final Guide: Mormonism And Polygamy, Alliance Theory, Zande People
Document Summary
Marriage = customs, rules, obligations that establish socially endorsed relationship between adults/children. Relatively stable union between m/f that involves responsibility for children, economic exchange. Leads to group cooperation -> expansion of social group in which people share resources. A society without marriage: the na of china. Relationships include love, respect, intimacy but no responsibility for children, permanence, fidelity. Both m/w have multiple partners, no records are kept to ascertain paternity of children. If no daughters, household may adopt/encourage son to bring lover in: no husbands, fathers. Some african societies - woman-woman marriage surrogate bears children. Incest taboos: rules that prohibit sexual relationships with specific categories of kin. Parent-child, siblings (except some) relationships are prohibited suggests kinship as culturally constructed. Forge links between entire communities, allowing for military alliances, political federations, and inter- tribal networks of cooperation and exchange. May be outside village, but within tribe/ethnic group.
