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Direct exchange and brideprice: alternative forms in a complex marriage system
Man, n.s. • 16 (3) • Published In 1981 • Pages: 387-407
By: Lindisfarne-Tapper, Nancy.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source analyzes marriage among the Durrani Pashtun of Afghan Turkestan in terms of two modes: 1) symmetrical direct exchange marriages that conform to Durrani egalitarian ideals and define Durrani ethnic identity and 2) asymmetrical brideprice marriages that create and maintain a status hierarchy between households. The author suggests that the ambiguities in the values of the two modes of marriage are manipulated by the Durrani to make status claims.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Basis of marriage
- Regulation of marriage
- Mode of marriage
- Arranging a marriage
- Household
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Pashtun
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2002
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Central Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Gerald Reid ; 1988
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1970-1972
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1970-1972
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Durrani Pashtuns, north-central Afghanistan
- NotesAdditional notes
- Nancy Tapper
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 406-407)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Pushtuns