Special Unions And Marriages
Scope Note
Used to index discussions of unions and marriages that are uncommon and those that violate norms and/or restrictions such as: in violation of incest taboos, exogamous rules, caste restrictions, or prohibitions of bigamy; common-law marriages; marriages to gods, to deceased persons, to persons of the same gender; frequency of irregular unions; social reactions; etc.
History Note
The term was changed from "Irregular unions" to "Special unions and Marriages" and the scope note was updated in 2000.
- Broader Term
- 580 Marriage
- Related Terms
- 564 Castes
- 582 Regulation Of Marriage
- 610 Kin Groups
- 830 Sex
- Use Fors
- Cohabitation
- Common-law marriage
- Dead (marriage)
- Homosexual marriage
- Incestuous unions
- Marriage (common-law)
- Marriage (homosexual)
- Marriage (irregular)
- Marriage (posthumous)
- Marriage of the dead
- Same sex marriages
- Identifier
- 588
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