Exogamy

Associated Documents (13)

Main AuthorPublished YearTitle
Adams, David B.Why there are so few women warriors
Kitahara, MichioA function of marriage ceremony
Murdock, George PeterBifurcate merging: a test of five theories
van den Berghe, Pierre L.Incest and exogamy: a sociobiological reconsideration
Schlegel, AliceThe cultural consequences of female contribution to subsistence
Kang, Gay ElizabethThe nature of exogamy in relation to cross-allegiance/alliance of social units
Kelly, Robert L.Warless and warlike hunter-gatherers: a comparison
Tylor, Edward B.On a method of investigating the development of institutions: applied to laws of marriage and d...
Kelly, Raymond C.Warless societies and the origin of war
Witkowski, StanleyA cross-cultural test of the proximity hypothesis
Dow, Gregory K.The economics of exogamous marriage in small‐scale societies
Schlegel, AlicePain, fear, and circumcision in boys' adolescent initiation ceremonies
Surowiec, AlexandraA worldwide view of matriliny: using cross-cultural analyses to shed light on human kinship systems

Associated Hypotheses (15)

Main AuthorHypothesis
Adams, David B.Exogamy is positively associated with patrilocality as opposed to bilocality (203)
Kitahara, MichioExogamous societies will tend to have elaborate marriage ceremonies (170).
Murdock, George Peter". . . [there is] a strong tendency for bifurcate merging to be associated with exogamy and to be lacking in the absence of exogamy" (59)
van den Berghe, Pierre L.No novel statistical tests were performed for this study.
Schlegel, AliceWomen’s contribution to subsistence will be positively associated with polygyny, exogamy, bridewealth, postpartum sex taboo, girls’ socialization for industriousness, positive evaluation of females, and premarital sexual permissiveness (145-7)
Kang, Gay ElizabethExogamy will be positively associated with cross-allegiance/ alliance between exogamous groups (262).
Kang, Gay ElizabethIn a subsample of societies with either high social complexity or low social complexity, exogamy will be positively associated with cross-allegiance/ alliance between exogamous groups (262).
Kelly, Robert L.Exogamous marriage practices will be negatively related to frequency of warfare (62).
Tylor, Edward B."The two institutions, exogamy and classificatory relationships are really connected. . . . [There is a] close causal connexion subsisting between the two institutions" (16, 18)
Kelly, Raymond C.Marriage practices pertaining to exogamy will be positively related to frequency of internal and external warfare (62).
Witkowski, Stanley"The proximity hypothesis suggests that bifurcation should be positively associated with the degree of community exogamy" (255)
Dow, Gregory K.Rate of exogamy will be positively associated with disparities in productivity between the two residence sites. (1807)
Dow, Gregory K.Rate of exogamy will be negatively associated with community size. (1807)
Schlegel, AliceHarsh male initiation ceremonies will be associated with exogamy
Surowiec, AlexandraMatriliny/matrilocality is associated with the absence of exogamy.

Associated OCMs

  1. regulation of marriage
  2. residence
  3. polygamy