Beauty, Family, and HouseholdKinship 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…” Related to love is beauty

Beauty Among the Nacirema

"So through the eyes love attains the heart." -De Borneilh (ca 1138 - 1200?)

Gender bias Magazines

Top 3 Selling Women’s Magazines

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Top 3 Selling Men’s Magazines

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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

Globalization of Love Love marriage is spreading

Media Message Missionization Changes in infrastructure - > changes in society

Changing family structure

Family Structure Western Society – Neolocal

Husband and wife create their own residence

4% of cultures worldwide

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

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

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)

Family Forms What do the households of a culture look like?

Nuclear family (think 50’s family)

Extended family (multiple nuclear)

Polygamous

Family Forms What can this tell us about a culture?

Integrated with the environment, subsistence, family form, etc.

Core cultural values