Non Sororal Polygyny
Marriage in which wives are not related as sisters.
Category: Important Terms
Monogramy
It refers to marriage in which one husband & one wife are tied with...
Hypogamy (Pratiloma)
It a form of marriage norm or practice or marring a spouse of lower...
Hypergamy (Anuloma)
It is norm or practice of person marrying a spouse of higher caste or...
Endogamy
McLemban (1970) in “primitive m’age” introduced term endogamy & exogamy. In it he also...
Incest Taboo
Incest : Acc to Seligman (1950) Incest is sexual intercourse between individuals related in certain prohibited degrees...
Ethnocentrism & Cultural Relativism
Herskovits defines culture as man-made part of environment. Acc to him env is of two types i)...