10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SORORATE»
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K.R. Smith. Just like the intensive scans Vincent ran, I had to lie still as the green
beam of the scanner slowly moved over my abdomen. When it was over, I could
sit up again as Dr. Knight analysed the results on the computer screen.
The Levirate and the Sororate The levirate is a custom whereby a man marries
the widow of his dead brother. In some cases, the children born to this union are
considered children of the deceased man. Among the Nuer, a pastoral people of
...
Serena Nanda, Richard Warms, 2010
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Invitation to Social and Cultural Anthropology
THE SORORATE The marriage of a man to his sister-in-law after the death of his
wife is known as sororate. In the sororate, a bereaved husband marries his
deceased wife's sister. It is the converse form of levirate. It should not be
confused ...
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The Tapestry of Culture: An Introduction to Cultural ...
Levirate and Sororate The exchange of a woman for another woman or the
exchange of a woman for bridewealth is an indication that marriage is a
significant concern of the kin groups of the marrying couple. A further
demonstration of this is ...
Abraham Rosman, Paula G. Rubel, Maxine K. Weisgrau, 2009
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Lambert M. Surhone, Miriam T. Timpledon, Susan F. Marseken, 2010
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Culture Counts: A Concise Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
Thus, the levirate enables the children to remain within the dead husband's
descent group and it keeps them from being separated from their mother. In the
sororate, when a woman dies her kin group supplies a sister as a wife for the
widower.
Serena Nanda, Richard Warms, 2008
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The Evolution of Culture: THE DEVELOPMENT OF CIVILIZATION TO ...
If the wife dies, her family, or group of kindred, must, if it can, supply a woman to
take her place (the sororate). The sororate is frequently associated with the
custom of bride price; if the husband's kindred have "bought" a wife for him and
she ...
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Lexical Reconstruction: The Case of the Proto-Athapaskan ...
Secondary marriages Equation of MSs and StM suggests sororate and hence
sororal polygyny (a normal accompaniment of the sororate). Navajo, San Carlos,
Mescalero, and Kiowa Apache all have this equation and are therefore
interpreted ...
Isidore Dyen, David Friend Aberle, 1974
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Blood and Bone: The Call of Kinship in Somali Society
Children call their mother's sister 'little mother' (habaryar) and Somali relate this
terminological usage to the practice of the sororate, and to the fact that on their
mother's death her position may be assumed by her sister. Despite a man's ...
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Primeval kinship: how pair-bonding gave birth to human society
Indeed, sister “exchange,” the levirate, sororal polygyny, and the sororate are
widespread types of unions in humans, as noted long ago by George Murdock in
the first statistically oriented cross-cultural survey of human societies. Citing
figures ...
NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SORORATE»
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Monogamy Made Us Human
Noting that the Iroquois still practiced polygamy, particularly sororate marriage, where a man marries a group of sisters, Morgan conjectured that in ancient times ... «National Review Online, Feb 14»
