Exogamy is the social norm of mating or marrying outside one's social group. The group defines the scope and extent of exogamy, and the rules and enforcement...

pregnancy (rather than insemination). James George Frazer in Totemism and Exogamy wrote that Aboriginal people "have no idea of procreation as being directly...

unsuitable for marriage or other close personal relationships. Its opposite, exogamy, describes the social norm of marriage outside of the group. Endogamy is...

women, Raksha Bandhan is rooted in the practice of territorial or village exogamy. The bride marries out of her natal village or town, and her parents by...

which arises as a side effect of a general human preference for group exogamy, which arises because intermarriage between groups construct valuable alliances...

a rigorous system of patrilineal descent defined by lineage exogamy ... Lineage exogamy thus distinguishes Kalasha descent groups as discretely bounded...

Family Lineage Affinity Consanguinity Marriage Incest taboo Endogamy Exogamy Moiety Monogamy Polygyny Polygamy Concubinage Polyandry Bride price Bride...

bilingualism / bidialectalism is normal in such a context, as the needs of exogamy and commercial interaction require it. Diglossia (extended or not), often...

self-proclaimed elite. He said that "the superposition of endogamy on exogamy means the creation of caste". Ambedkar presented his paper "Castes in India:...

eastern cultures, who married Bavarii males, suggesting the importance of exogamy within the Bavarii culture. The migrant women were fully integrated in...