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Marriage, Family, Domestic Group
CHP 9
15
Anthropology
Undergraduate 1
03/12/2013

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What is marriage?
Definition
Customs, rules, obligations establish a socially approved relationship between adults & children, between the kin groups of the groups.
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What are the functions of a marriage?
Definition
regulates sexual access
creates a family
expands social groups
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how does family regulate sexual access?
Definition
limits sexual competition
provides stability
allows for stable economic exchange
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Expand social group: What is the most important relationships?
what does it allow?
Definition
Among the members.
shared resources and benefits of survival for the species.
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what is the primary relationship in marriage?
Definition
The kinmates not the individuals.
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Why is marriage important?
Definition
It links kin groups of the marriage couple.
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Incest Taboo prohibits what?
Definition
sexual relationships between relatives
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What are the reasons for incest taboo?
Definition
avoids inbreeding
Forces people to marry outside the family and create a larger social community.
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exogamy is?
Definition
rules that say that a person must marry outside the group
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Endogamy
Definition
rules that say a person must marry someone inside the group
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what are cross cousins?
what are parallel cousins?
Definition
mother to brother of mother kids
mother to sister of mother kids
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what is a levirate?
what is a sorroate?
Definition
a man marries widow of a deceased brother.
when a man’s wife dies, her sister is given to him as a wife.
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at is Polyandry?
Definition
a women can have more than one man at a time.
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bride service is what?
Definition
man works for martial rights.
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what is dowry?
Definition
presentation of good given to the husband from the brides family
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