session 12

Question 1

marriage?

Answer 1

socially supported union of two or more individuals, sexual bond

Question 2

B Malinowski definition?

Answer 2

Marriage is a contract for the production and maintenance of childre

Question 3

Horton and hunt definition of marriage?

Answer 3

Marriage is the approved social pattern whereby two or more persons establish a family

Question 4

Features of marriage?

Answer 4

Sexual relationship
2 or more individuals
Social and legal sanction
Public affair rather than private

Question 5

Types of marriage

Answer 5

Monogamy
Polygamy
Group

Question 6

Types of polygamy and explain each

Answer 6

Polygyny: man has more than one wives
its causes are disproportion of sex in population, outmigration of male, desire for female child.
sororal and non sororal
Polyandry: wife has more than one husbands.
fraternal and non fraternal
its causes less women,bride price,poverty

Question 7

exogamy

Answer 7

outside caste, tribe, social class