Culture, People, Nature: An Introduction to General AnthropologyWritten by a foremost spokesperson on cultural materialism, this book introduces students to the four fields of anthropology making all aspects of archaeology, linguistics, physical anthropology and cultural anthropology accessible and relevant to readers. |
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... MARRIAGE Monogamy Marriage with one spouse exclusively and for life . Serial Monogamy Marriage with one spouse at a time but with remarriage after death or divorce . Polygamy Marriage with more than one spouse at a time . Polygyny Marriage ...
... MARRIAGE Monogamy Marriage with one spouse exclusively and for life . Serial Monogamy Marriage with one spouse at a time but with remarriage after death or divorce . Polygamy Marriage with more than one spouse at a time . Polygyny Marriage ...
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... marriage has to be made so broad as to be confusing . Among the many ingenious attempts to define marriage as a universally occur- ring relationship , the definition proposed by Kathleen Gough ( 1968 ) , who has studied the Nayar ...
... marriage has to be made so broad as to be confusing . Among the many ingenious attempts to define marriage as a universally occur- ring relationship , the definition proposed by Kathleen Gough ( 1968 ) , who has studied the Nayar ...
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... marriage . Part of the problem is that when matings in Western culture are denied the designa- tion " marriage , " there is a tendency to regard them as less honorable or less authentic relationships . And so anthropologists are ...
... marriage . Part of the problem is that when matings in Western culture are denied the designa- tion " marriage , " there is a tendency to regard them as less honorable or less authentic relationships . And so anthropologists are ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
PART I | 7 |
Dominant and Recessive Genes | 14 |
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