The anthropology of marriage in lowland South America : bending and breaking the rules

• Tác giả: C Alès, Stephen Beckerman, Paul Valentine
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• ISBN: 9780813054315 (cloth)
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 980.01 Early history to 1806
• Mô tả vật lý: 307 pages : , map ; , 24 c
• Bộ sưu tập: Lịch sử, Địa lý
• ID: 273080
• Chủ đề: 1. Indians of South America--Marriage customs and rites; 2. Indians of South America--Marriage customs and rites--Amazon River Valley

Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-289) and index

Tóm tắt

Editors Stephen Beckerman and Paul Valentine argue that while Amazonian societies certainly have variations on marriage practices, in reality the rules surrounding them are inconsistently followed. Utilizing methods of cultural and social anthropology and pulling together data from several cultures, contributors demonstrate how individual motives and opportunities--including desire, economics, or residence--result in marriage choices that may negotiate, manipulate, or ignore societal rules