Marriage Flashcards
(52 cards)
marriage
relationship between on or more men or female who are recognized by society as having a continued claim to the right sexual access to ne another
humans create marriage because
regulate access to sexual partners
regulate inheritance and property rights
conjugal bond
marriage creates this between a husband and wife -meet sexual and all needs
sexual obligation
affinal kin
refers to people ou related to through marriage
ex: your spouse and inlowas
consuniguneal kin
family of birth ; blood relatives
ex: parents, siblings
bilateral kinship
you trace ancestry through both sides of the family
unilateral kinship
you trace your family though one side of your family
monogamy
marriage to one spouse at a time
serial monogamy
having series of monogamous relationships
ex: donald trump ( new trophy wife every 7 years)
affinal marriage/ blended family
occurs when one or both partners bring children from prior unions to the house hold
ex: the brady brunch
polygamy
refers to a person who has two or more spouses. wife who has several husbands
common in big farming communities
group marriage
refers to when two or more men have 2 or more wives. not swingers, very rare- inuit oneide- non exisistent today
arranged marriages
occur when interest of family is strong. interest in family is stronger than interest of individual
have lower divorce rates than marriage of choice
marriage of choice since
1200 a.d in west; in spaid trubadors protested against arragned marriages
shake sphere came out around the same time with romeo and juliet
incest taboo
restrictions on who you can marry occurs at the level of parent child sibling
few exceptions:
ancient egyption middle class farmers , incan empire with royalty
birth defects
in some societies its okay to marry cousins (charles dawn)
endogamy
marriage within your group (ethnic group, race, religion, village)
exogamy
marriage outside of group. this occurred to build political or economical alliances
filial obligation
what you owe your parents. the right to choose your spouse
dowry
payment on the part of brides family to the grooms family for the right to marry
her inheritance- the bride receives upon marriage
in india they passed laws to make this illegal- they end up killing bride places
bridewealth
payement to the father of bride by the grooms family for the right to mary
wants to consenpate bc he is loosing out on labor by loosing caughter
brideservice
inuit , groom to be hunts or provides service for the brides family. shows that man can provide for the daughter
song duel
referst o ritual practice of settling disputes reguarding to men claiming the right o marry a woman
ex: like rap battle - if they dont agree it escaletes to physical = they get hit with a hammer
if it carried on they get thrown out of the community
pathineal descent
trace ancestry through father side
matrilineal
trace descent through mothers