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... statuses in the social structure . When they die , these positions are vacated , and others fill them . The status endures , even though the individual occupant changes . Some statuses are ascribed ; this means that individuals have no ...
... statuses in the social structure . When they die , these positions are vacated , and others fill them . The status endures , even though the individual occupant changes . Some statuses are ascribed ; this means that individuals have no ...
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... Status Female status is related to rules of descent and postmarital residence . 10 Among horti- culturalists with matrilineal descent and uxo- rilocal residence , women's status is almost always high . Matriliny and uxorilocality dis ...
... Status Female status is related to rules of descent and postmarital residence . 10 Among horti- culturalists with matrilineal descent and uxo- rilocal residence , women's status is almost always high . Matriliny and uxorilocality dis ...
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... Status Surveying the " matrifocal " ( mother - cen- tered ) organization of certain societies in In- donesia , West Africa , and the Caribbean , an- thropologist Nancy ... Status The Patrilineal-Virilocal Complex and Low Female Status.
... Status Surveying the " matrifocal " ( mother - cen- tered ) organization of certain societies in In- donesia , West Africa , and the Caribbean , an- thropologist Nancy ... Status The Patrilineal-Virilocal Complex and Low Female Status.
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