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Social and economic factors in explanation of the increased rate of patrilineal endogamy in the Arab village in Israel

Mediterranean family structuresCambridge [eng.]Published In 1976 • Pages: 115-136

By: Rosenfeld, Henry.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In 1954, Rosenfeld investigated the marriage patterns of a Muslim and Christian Arab village in lower Galilee in Israel. At that time he analyzed the total number and type of marriages that took place between Muslims and Christian villagers over a period of from four to five generations. The next ten years brought about many changes in village life. This document re-examines how these changes have affected the marriage statistics for the same village from 1954-1963, and 1964-1969. Among other things the author found that the percentage of partilateral endogamous marriages, those made by men with women of their own patrilineage, had almost doubled for the Muslims and smaller groups of Christians, and the number of marriages with women from the village outside the groom's patrilineage, and with women outside the village, had decreased proportionately. Rosenfeld attempts to explain these changes in marriage patterns in light of the pronounced social, economic, and political changes that have taken place among villagers over the last generation (p. 115).
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Sociocultural trends
Cultural participation
Urban and rural life
Labor supply and employment
Gender status
Social relationships and groups
Basis of marriage
Regulation of marriage
Arranging a marriage
Lineages
Religious denominations
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Palestinians
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2005
RegionThe area the document pertains to
Middle East
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Middle East
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
essay
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.
4: Excellent Secondary Data
5: Excellent Primary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
John Beierle ; 2004
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1954, 1964, 1969
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1954-1969
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Lower Galilee region, Israel
NotesAdditional notes
H. Rosenfeld
Includes bibliographical references (p. 135-136)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
75020833
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Palestinian Arabs