ANTH 212 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Andamanese People, Talmon, Basseri
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Gift exchange (11%): exchange of gifts of about equal value by the two kin groups about to be linked by marriage. Usually not a transaction between the kin of the bride and the kin of the groom. Women contribute relatively very little to primary subsistence activities, there is a high degree of social stratification and a man is not allowed to married to more than one woman at one time. Theory says that dowry is intended to attract best groom for a daughter in a monogamous society with a high degree of social inequality. Theory says that increases likelihood that daughter and her children will do well reproductively (this one more accurate) A family must have wealth to give a dowry but because the goods go to a new household no wealth comes back to the family that gave the dory. Common in renaissance europe size of dory determined desirability of the daughter.
