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Cultural Anthropology Chapter 8
Domestic Life
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Anthropology
Undergraduate 1
05/04/2013

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The household
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is a domestic group whose members live together and cooperate on a daily basis in production and share the proceeds of labor and other resources held in common.
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The nuclear family
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consists of husband, wife, and children.
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Monogamy
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is the marriage of one man to one woman at a time.
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Serial monogamy
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is marriage to two or more spouses one after another, rather than at the same time.
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Polygamy
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refers to a marriage to more than one spouse at a time.
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Polygyny
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refers to marriage in which several wives share a husband.
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Polyandry
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is a less common form of marriage in which several husbands share a wife.
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Sororal polygyny
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is a marriage pattern in which a man marries two or more sisters.
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An extended family
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is a domestic group consisting of several related nuclear families and may include siblings, their spouses, and their children or parents and married children.
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A matrifocal household
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is a domestic group comprising one or more adult women with their offspring, within which husbands/fathers are not permanent residents.
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Marriage
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is an institution that transforms the status of two or more individuals in relation to sexual access and parenthood, and establishes connections between the kin of the spouses.
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Legitimacy
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involves the following: it assigns birth status to the child; it legally entitles the child and/or mother to the husband's property upon his death; it determines who is responsible for the child and who controls the child's future.
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Bridewealth
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is the transfer of valued goods from the family of the groom to the family of the bride when a couple marries. It represents compensation to the bride's family for the loss of her labor and her child-bearing capacities.
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Bride service
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compensates the bride's family for the loss of a daughter. The groom moves in with the bride's family and works in exchange for his marital rights.
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Dowry
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is a transfer of goods or money from the bride's family to the groom. It represents compensation for the future support of the woman and her future children and is found in societies where women contribute relatively little to subsistence.
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Hypergamy
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is the use of dowry payments to improve a daughter's chance of marrying up and ensure a better future for grandchildren.
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The sororate
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is a custom by which a wife is replaced in marriage by her sister.
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The levirate
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is a custom in which a widow married her husband's brother.
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Exogamy
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is the rule that forbids an individual from taking a spouse from within a prescribed local group in which they are both members.
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Endogamy
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is the rule that requires an individual to take a spouse from a group in which he or she is a member.
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The incest taboo
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refers to cultural beliefs prohibiting sexual relations or marriage with a close relative.
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Inbreeding avoidance
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refers to behavioral patterns in which individuals avoid sexual contact with people who could be sexual partners were it not for their relatedness.
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The Westermark theory
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proposes that persons raised together or persons living closely together during early childhood develop a natural aversion to having sexual relations with one another.
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Freud's theory
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is that the incest taboo is a conscious attempt to suppress naturally occurring unconscious erotic feelings between family members.
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Taiwanese sim pua marriage
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(known as "adopt a daughter, marry a sister") involves the adoption of a young girl into a family, in which she later marries one of the sons.
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