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Agnates, affines and allies: patterns of marriage among Pashtun in Kunar, North-East Afghanistan

Folk24 • Published In 1982 • Pages: 29-63

By: Christensen, Asger.

Abstract
This is a discussion of the variation in types of marriage and the determinants of marriage patterns among sedentary Pashtun agriculturalists in Kunar in north-east Afghanistan. The author focuses on the implications of the following factors for marriage patterns: the solidarity and opposition among lineage mates, the ethnic heterogeneity of the Kunar region, social stratification within Pashtun society, and the rights and interests of men and lineages in women. The author concludes that marriage among the sedentary Pashtun of Kunar does not obey any single, unconscious model or norm, but, rather, that each marriage is a strategy in the larger economic, social, and political history of a family and lineage.
Subjects
Lineages
Basis of marriage
Regulation of marriage
Arranging a marriage
Status, role, and prestige
culture
Pashtun
HRAF PubDate
2002
Region
Asia
Sub Region
Central Asia
Document Type
article
Evaluation
Creator Type
Ethnologist
Document Rating
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
Gerald Reid ; 1988
Field Date
1977-1978
Coverage Date
not specified
Coverage Place
Kunar Valley, northeastern Afghanistan
Notes
Asger Christensen
Includes bibliographical references (p. 63)
LCSH
Pushtuns