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Beauty, Family, and Household

Beauty, Family, and Household. Kinship Relations and the Cultural Differences of Beauty. Review of Love. Arranged Marriages Emphasis of bringing 2 families together (wealth) The norm until about 800 years ago Still the norm in many cultures Tristan and Isolde “Love and Marriage…”

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Beauty, Family, and Household

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  1. Beauty, Family, and Household Kinship Relations and the Cultural Differences of Beauty

  2. Review of Love • Arranged Marriages • Emphasis of bringing 2 families together (wealth) • The norm until about 800 years ago • Still the norm in many cultures • Tristan and Isolde • “Love and Marriage…” • Related to love is beauty

  3. Beauty Among the Nacirema • "So through the eyes love attains the heart." -De Borneilh (ca 1138 - 1200?) • Gender bias • Magazines

  4. Top 3 Selling Women’s Magazines 1. 2. 3.

  5. Top 3 Selling Men’s Magazines 1. 2. 3.

  6. Beauty Among the Nacirema • "So through the eyes love attains the heart." -De Borneilh (ca 1138 - 1200?) • Gender bias • Magazines • Dove vs. Axe (same company) • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYhCn0jf46U • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsxK36HAf9k

  7. Globalization of Love • Love marriage is spreading • Media Message • Missionization • Changes in infrastructure - > changes in society • Changing family structure

  8. Family Structure • Western Society – Neolocal • Husband and wife create their own residence 4% of cultures worldwide

  9. Family Structure • Patrilocal – husband and wife move in with husband’s family • Common in cultures where men coordinate their work (agriculture) 67% of cultures worldwide

  10. Family Structure • Matrilocal – husband and wife move in with wife’s family • Common in cultures where men have to travel long distances for long periods of time (wars) 15% of cultures worldwide

  11. Family Structure • Ambilocal – move in with either husband’s or wife’s family (7% worldwide) • Avunculocal – move in with husband’s mother’s brother (5% worldwide) • Matrilineal societies, but still keeps males in the same household • Natalocal – both husband and wife stay with their own families (2% worldwide)

  12. Family Forms • What do the households of a culture look like? • Nuclear family (think 50’s family) • Extended family (multiple nuclear) • Polygamous

  13. Family Forms • What can this tell us about a culture? • Integrated with the environment, subsistence, family form, etc. • Core cultural values

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