ANTH 1023 Edition 1 Lecture 11 Outline of Last Lecture I. Political Organization TermsOutline of Current LectureI. MarriageCurrent LectureI. MarriageoMarriage: the customs, rules, and obligations that establish a socially endorsed relationship between adults and children, and between the kin groups of married partners-Divorce rates: 50%-30% children live in a household with 1 parentoSerial MonogamyoArranged Marriage: the process by which senior family members exercise a great degree of control over the choice of their children's spousesoIncest Taboos: prohibitions on sexual relations between relatives-Biological: we have an aversion to those with whom we are raisedFamiliarity = disinterest -Psychological: sexual competition among parents would cause disruption amongfamily -SociologicaloExogamy: a rule specifying tat a person must marry outside a particular groupoEndogamy: a rule prescribing that a person must marry within a particular groupoMonogamy: a rule that permits a person to be married to only one spouse at a timeoPolygamy: a rule allowing more than one spouse-Polygyny: a rule permitting a man to have more than one wife at a time75% of the world accepts this type of marriageSororal Polygyny: a form of polygyny in which a man marries sisters-Polyandry: a rule permitting a woman to have more than one husband at a timeFraternal Polyandry: a custom whereby a woman marries a man and his brothers"When Brothers Share a Wife"oBride Service: the cultural rule that a man must work for his bride's family for a variable length of time either before or after the marriageThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.-Foraging (hunting and gathering) societiesoBridewealth: goods presented by the groom's kin to the bride's kin to legitimize a marriageoDowry: presentation of goods by the bride's kin to the family of the groom or to the couple o Blended Family: kinship networks occasioned by divorce and remarriage in the US that include the previously divorced spouses and their marriage