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The anthropology of marriage in lowland South America
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- Book Synopsis
- This volume reveals that individuals in Amazonian cultures often disregard or reinterpret the marriage rules of their societies-rules that anthropologists previously thought reflected practice. It is the first book to consider not just what the rules are but how people in these societies negotiate, manipulate, and break them in choosing whom to marry. Ethnographic case studies drawn on previously unpublished material from well-known indigenous cultures show that the peoples of lowland South America select spouses to meet their economic and political goals, their social aspirations, and their emotional desires. Contributors also look at how globalization and modernization are changing ancestral norms and values. This volume is a richly diverse portrayal of agency and individual choice alongside normative kinship and marriage systems in a region that has long been central to anthropological studies of indigenous life.
- About The Author
- Paul Valentine is former senior lecturer of anthropology at the University of East London. Stephen Beckerman is associate professor emeritus of anthropology at Pennsylvania State University. Together, Beckerman and Valentine have coedited Revenge in the Cultures of Lowland South America and Cultures of Multiple Fathers: The Theory and Practice of Partible Paternity in Lowland South America. Catherine Alès is director of research at the National Center for Scientific Research, Paris, and is the author of Yanomami, l'ire et le désir.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9780813054315
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida, (31 May 2017)
- Number of Pages
- 307
- Weight
- 580 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 229 x 152 x 16 mm
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