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
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