ANTH 311 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Vise, Nepotism
23 May 2014
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Box 7. 1 mysterious matrilines and market theory. This chapter begins with a statement of how much of a female primate"s life time is dedicated to reproduction (pregnancy and lactation), and how important social relationships of females can be to the reproductive success of each female. Female competitive and cooperative strategies among kin and non-kin vary heavily depending on the species, group, individual, and local context. In the section on types of relationships, strier describes competitive regimes (contest vs scramble) and social responses, overlapping what is covered in lecture. In box 7. 1, strier introduces the idea of the biological market as a possible alternative to overt agonism in female interactions. In the section on social dynamics in matrilocal societies she address the importance of dominance rank, first when rank is based on kinship (rank inheritance) and then when rank is based on age (age-related rank).
