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What is marriage in anthropology?
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Marriage is a socially recognized union that establishes relationships, rights, and responsibilities between spouses and often their relatives.
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What does endogamy mean?
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Endogamy favors or requires marrying within a defined group, such as a religious community or social category.
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How do monogamous and plural marriage differ?
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Monogamous marriage involves two spouses; plural marriage involves more than two.
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How do patrilocal and matrilocal residence differ?
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Patrilocal residence places a couple with or near the husband’s relatives; matrilocal residence places them with or near the wife’s relatives.
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What is bridewealth?
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Bridewealth is wealth transferred from the groom or his relatives to the bride’s relatives.
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How does marriage create alliances beyond the spouses?
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Affinity is kinship created by marriage. Marriage can build alliances among relatives through cooperation, mutual support, shared work, and obligations toward children.
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What does exogamy mean?
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Exogamy favors or requires marrying outside a defined group, such as one’s clan.
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What is polygyny?
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Polygyny is a form of plural marriage in which a man has multiple wives.
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What is polyandry?
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Polyandry is a form of plural marriage in which a woman has multiple husbands.
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What is neolocal residence?
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Neolocal residence establishes a household apart from both spouses’ families.
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What is bilocal residence?
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Bilocal residence allows a couple to choose between living with or near either spouse’s family.
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What is avunculocal residence?
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Avunculocal residence places a couple with or near the husband’s maternal uncle.
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