SOCC29H3 Lecture Notes - Upper Class, Intersectionality, Recap (Software)
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Macro level forces that spurred micro level change. Class variations in marriage practices in 20th century. In the 1930s the value of the deferred dower began to grow in urban areas. If women were producers they would be able to generate own income and wouldn"t need deferred dower; but women were consumers and became more dependent on the deferred dower as economic insurance. In the 1950"s the practice of recording household goods began among urban lower middle classes. Offset the disappearance of the mahr and recorded the financial obligation of the groom. It means that the wife can claim these household goods if they divorced or if groom died. Trend away from giving productive cash to giving consumptive goods at marriage. In the 1960"s urban professionals introduced the token/prompt dower. Token dower: small and symbolic sum of money instead of the large sums previously recorded.
