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Introduction: Choice of spouse and mobility

Year: 1996

Type: article

Abstract: Marriage comprises both individual lives and population evolution. Anthropology shows that marriage, within cultural rules, is based on parameters of different natures such as psychology or economy with implications that concern also the genetic level. The creation of a general model of marriage is quite complex as it must include factors that change in time and space between and inside societies. The marriage as a factor of social mobility is of great interest, but it can not be limited to this factor alone, because the union between two individuals and two families is also the necessary preamble to biological reproduction and population genetic pool evolution.

Source: International Journal of Anthropology

DOI: 10.1007/bf02441411

Author: G. Boëtsch

Institutions: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Aix-Marseille Université

Language: English

Topic: Marriage and Family Dynamics

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W2009689893

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Cites: 5

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