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Brideprice
Brideprice
Ryan Schram
ANTH 2654: Forms of Families
13 August 2015
## Lecture outline and terms ##
Terms
rule of residence, matrilocal (WM), patrilocal (HF), virilocal (H), uxorilocal (W), avunculocal (HMB). Agnatic, uterine (enatic), cognatic. Crow (Robert Lowie), Dobu (Reo Fortune), bridewealth. Levi-Strauss, incest, Malinowski
Outline
- Changes in marriage
- Many different types of marriage
- Many different ways of becoming married
- Marriage is a package of behaviors
- Two approaches to marriage:
- Top-down, holistic: Kinship as an exchange system
- Individualistic: Marriage is part of a moral discourse people use to understand and express themselves as individuals.
Time permitting: alliance versus descent.
Plus: Notes on Marriage trends.
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