Ethnology, Volume 15University of Pittsburgh, 1976 - Anthropology |
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Page 27
... give her a dowry in cash or other property , but most parents feel that they are not giving their daughter a proper dowry if they do not give her a house . Cash dowries are rare in island marriages ; but if the couple are going to live ...
... give her a dowry in cash or other property , but most parents feel that they are not giving their daughter a proper dowry if they do not give her a house . Cash dowries are rare in island marriages ; but if the couple are going to live ...
Page 79
... give birth to a boy who would die . A boy was born and lived only a short while . Ventura experienced other misfortunes . He fell to quarreling with his wife , who expressed fear that because of his " fortuna " all their babies were ...
... give birth to a boy who would die . A boy was born and lived only a short while . Ventura experienced other misfortunes . He fell to quarreling with his wife , who expressed fear that because of his " fortuna " all their babies were ...
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... give away " in no way altered this pattern , it did lead to the man's referring to the " FZ " as junggudjara ( actual or give away mother - in - law ) . Thus , he continued to term many females umari , and maintain the proper avoidance ...
... give away " in no way altered this pattern , it did lead to the man's referring to the " FZ " as junggudjara ( actual or give away mother - in - law ) . Thus , he continued to term many females umari , and maintain the proper avoidance ...
Contents
Changing Icelandic Kinship | 1 |
Property and Ritual | 21 |
Measuring Marriage Preference | 35 |
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affinal agnates agricultural intensity Altirdning Anthropology Anuak behavior BG BG blood boat brothers Camaxtli camp cent child Chinese clan Coast Salish codes contracts correlation cultural Dani daughter descent group dowry eating economic ethnographic exogamous father female feuding friends friendship Gabra genealogical distance Hindu homesteads household husband Icelandic important Indian individual informants initiated interaction jajmani kinship kinsmen kupa labor land Limbu lineage living male male pregnancy Mallannapalle marriage married matrilineal means menstruation moiety myths ndon negative reciprocity neighbors Nepal Nisos nuclear family Ocotlán owners parents pattern persons phratry political pollution population density possum rank relationship relatives religious reserve residence ritual resolution Sahlins sample San Tin sectoral distance sexual share Shilluk slavery slaves social societies status structure syncretic Table Teacapán Tlaxcala traditional transactions variables Vasilika Victoria village Virgin wife woman women Xochiquetzalli