ANTHR101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Bride Price, Bride Service, Mormonism And Polygamy
6 Apr 2015
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Socially approved sexual union that the couple"s sexual relationship is implicitly understood and condoned. Expecting long term commitment, even if it breaks off. Implicit: reciprocal rights and obligations regarding property, finances, and child rearing. Men and women lived their entire lives in residential groups made up of respective maternal kin. The practice sese consensual sexual union of an unmarried couple. Man visits woman discretely in evening, and then returns next morning. Offspring takes woman"s family name and raised by her family. Some na are now choosing to marry, especially if they work for the chinese govt, since they don"t like the na tradition want to prevent illegitimate births. Young people"s attitudes are also changing, largely because of their education in chinese schools, where they become self-conscious when asked their fathers" names. Ex: azande of africa if could marry a woman, they married boy-wives , who basically did the same thing as women would do when married.
