Ch. 11 - Marriage Flashcards
Marriage outside one’s own group
Exogamy
Sexual relations with a close relative
Incest
Child’s biological father
Genitor
One’s socially recognized father; not necessarily the gender
Pater
Children of two brothers or two sisters
Parallel cousins
Children of a brother and a sister
Cross cousins
Marriage of people from the same social group
Endogamy
Substantial marital gift from the husband and his kin to the wife and her kin
Lobola
Substantial gifts to the husband’s family from the wife’s group
Dowry
More than two spouses simultaneously; polygamy
Plural marriage
Man has more than one wife at the same time
Polygyny
Woman has more than one husband at the same time
Polyandry
Widow marries sister of his deceased wife
Sororate
Widow marries brother of her deceased husband
Levirate