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Marriage in Culture: Practice and Meaning Across Diverse Societies
Janice E. Stockard
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Description for Marriage in Culture: Practice and Meaning Across Diverse Societies
paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBK; JHM. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 163 x 6. Weight in Grams: 200.
MARRIAGE IN CULTURE is an innovative text that makes accessible to a broad audience the rich insights anthropology provides into the meaning of marriage in different cultures. Marriage practices in the four societies discussed contrast with each other in dramatic ways-from number of spouses to the meaning of postmarital residence arrangements. The author provides compelling ethnographic accounts of the !Kung San (Bushman), Chinese, Iroquois, and Tibetan societies to familiarize students with anthropologists' unique perspective on marriage in culture. Each chapter places marriage within the context of the whole culture, exploring the ways in which different economic, political, family, and ... Read more
MARRIAGE IN CULTURE is an innovative text that makes accessible to a broad audience the rich insights anthropology provides into the meaning of marriage in different cultures. Marriage practices in the four societies discussed contrast with each other in dramatic ways-from number of spouses to the meaning of postmarital residence arrangements. The author provides compelling ethnographic accounts of the !Kung San (Bushman), Chinese, Iroquois, and Tibetan societies to familiarize students with anthropologists' unique perspective on marriage in culture. Each chapter places marriage within the context of the whole culture, exploring the ways in which different economic, political, family, and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Cengage Learning United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
Belmont, CA, United States
ISBN
9780155063860
SKU
V9780155063860
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About Janice E. Stockard
Janice E. Stockard received her PhD in anthropology at Stanford University in 1985. Before her extensive doctoral field research in South China, she worked among Bay Area Native Americans to evaluate a Bureau of Indian Affairs urban relocation program. Maintaining this interest in applied anthropology, she has served as social science advisor to two national organizations dedicated to increasing women’s ... Read more
Reviews for Marriage in Culture: Practice and Meaning Across Diverse Societies
1. Marriage as a Cultural Practice. 2. Marriage Among the !Kung San of Southern Africa. 3. Marriage in Traditional Chinese Society. 4. Marriage Among the Historical Iroquois. 5. Marriage Among Tibetans: The Nyinba of Nepal. 6. Epilogue.