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Introduction to Anthropology
Daniel is smiling as he looks down at a photograph, before tucking it in the back of his notebook which he has not doodled on. It's serious work in it, damnit
"Good morning, I hope you all had an enjoyable weekend. I'm sorry I missed it; I had the chance to go and see an old friend whilst she was in the country again. If anyone wanted me to talk to their parents, let me know, and I'll write a letter home or something." Daniel grins as he looks around the class, clearly not expecting anyone to take him up on the offer.
"Today is our penultimate lesson on marriage. On Wednesday, I'm going to be discussing examplesas long as the mun can find her notes and/or textbook
But for now, we're going to look at exchange and marriage.
Marriage often includes an exchange of wealth, symbolizing the binding contract between individuals and kin groups.
Bridewealth (bride price)
o Payment given upon marriage by the family of the groom to the family of the bride
o The exchange legitimates the marriage
o The value of the wealth transacted puts bride and groom under pressure to make marriage a success
o The exchange may ensure fair treatment of the wife when she moves in with husband's kin
o Mechanism for relatively equitable distribution of goods within a society
Bride service
o Requirement that men work for the bride's family for a period
o Time involved may be several weeks to several years
Dowry
o Transfer of goods or money from bride's family to groom or groom's family
o A strategy parents may use to marry daughter into higher status family
o Sometimes features a political element, building alliances
o The exchange legitimates the union
o The transaction again puts pressure on bride and groom to make marriage a success
Exchange of women
o Men may exchange classificatory sisters or daughters as wives
o Senior men may arrange such unions for their sons and younger brothers
o Sometimes features childhood arrangements (child betrothal)
Okay... anyone want to guess what homework is?" He grins. "I would like another example from a culture about one of these exchanges. And if we can try and choose different cultures to the ones from last week, I'd very much appreciate it."
"Good morning, I hope you all had an enjoyable weekend. I'm sorry I missed it; I had the chance to go and see an old friend whilst she was in the country again. If anyone wanted me to talk to their parents, let me know, and I'll write a letter home or something." Daniel grins as he looks around the class, clearly not expecting anyone to take him up on the offer.
"Today is our penultimate lesson on marriage. On Wednesday, I'm going to be discussing examples
But for now, we're going to look at exchange and marriage.
Marriage often includes an exchange of wealth, symbolizing the binding contract between individuals and kin groups.
Bridewealth (bride price)
o Payment given upon marriage by the family of the groom to the family of the bride
o The exchange legitimates the marriage
o The value of the wealth transacted puts bride and groom under pressure to make marriage a success
o The exchange may ensure fair treatment of the wife when she moves in with husband's kin
o Mechanism for relatively equitable distribution of goods within a society
Bride service
o Requirement that men work for the bride's family for a period
o Time involved may be several weeks to several years
Dowry
o Transfer of goods or money from bride's family to groom or groom's family
o A strategy parents may use to marry daughter into higher status family
o Sometimes features a political element, building alliances
o The exchange legitimates the union
o The transaction again puts pressure on bride and groom to make marriage a success
Exchange of women
o Men may exchange classificatory sisters or daughters as wives
o Senior men may arrange such unions for their sons and younger brothers
o Sometimes features childhood arrangements (child betrothal)
Okay... anyone want to guess what homework is?" He grins. "I would like another example from a culture about one of these exchanges. And if we can try and choose different cultures to the ones from last week, I'd very much appreciate it."
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