Ethnology, Volume 15University of Pittsburgh, 1976 - Anthropology |
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Page 27
... parents move out into a bought or rented house or renovate a storehouse for use as a dwelling . But not every eldest daughter takes her mother's house . Parents say that they would rather buy a house for their daughter than have the ...
... parents move out into a bought or rented house or renovate a storehouse for use as a dwelling . But not every eldest daughter takes her mother's house . Parents say that they would rather buy a house for their daughter than have the ...
Page 28
... Parents can and indeed ought to refuse a dowry if their daughter elopes . If parents reject a suitor , or , having accepted him , set a distant date for the wedding , the couple may elope . The elopement is a slight to the parents ...
... Parents can and indeed ought to refuse a dowry if their daughter elopes . If parents reject a suitor , or , having accepted him , set a distant date for the wedding , the couple may elope . The elopement is a slight to the parents ...
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... parents or kin from whom it originates and property originally given to the parents as brideprice and then transmitted by them to their daughter . The non - dowry property acquired by partition , inheritance or labor is con- trolled by ...
... parents or kin from whom it originates and property originally given to the parents as brideprice and then transmitted by them to their daughter . The non - dowry property acquired by partition , inheritance or labor is con- trolled by ...
Contents
Changing Icelandic Kinship | 1 |
Property and Ritual | 21 |
Measuring Marriage Preference | 35 |
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