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21 Cards in this Set
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Postpartum sex taboo |
The rule that a husband and wife must abstain from any sexual activity for a period of time after the birth of a child. |
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Incest taboo |
The prohibition of sexuall intimacy between people defined as close relatives. |
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role ambiguity |
Confusion about how one is expected to behave. |
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exogamy |
a rule requiring marriage outside of one's own social or kinship group. |
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endogamy |
a rule requiring marriage within a specified social or kinship group. |
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Arranged marriages |
a marriage in which the selection of the spouse is outside the control of the bride and groom. |
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prefential cousin marriage |
a preferred form of marriage between either parallel or cross cousins. |
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Cross cousins |
children of one's mother's sister of father's brother. |
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Parallel cousins |
children of one's mother's sister or father's brother. |
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levirate |
The practice of a man marrying the widow of his deceased brother. |
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sororate |
The practice of a woman marrying the husband of her deceased sister. |
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monogamy |
the marital practice of having only one spouse at a time. |
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polygyny |
the marriage of a man to two or more women atthe same time. |
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polyandry |
the marriage of a woman to two or more men at the same time. |
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serial monogamy |
the practice of having succession of marriage partners, but only one at a time. |
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bridewealth |
the transfer of goods from the groom's lineage to the bride's lineage to legitimize marriage. |
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bride service |
work or service performed for the bride's family by the groom for a specified period of time either before or after the marriage. |
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dowry |
goods or money transferred from the bride's family to the groom or the groom's family to legalize or legitimize a marriage. |
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divorce |
the legal and formal dissolution of a marriage. |
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nuclear family |
the most basic family unit, composed of wife, husband, and children. |
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extended family |
the family that includes in one household relatives in addition to a nuclear family. |
