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Title:Social character of bride-wealth, with special reference to the Azande: (1934)
Author:Evans-Pritchard, E.E.ISNI
Book title:The position of women in primitive societies and other essays in social anthropology
Year:1965
Pages:181-197
Language:English
Geographic term:Sudan
Subject:marriage
Abstract:This essay emphasizes that marriage gifts should not be viewed primarily as economic transactions. The custom of bride price constitutes not a sale, but is part of a complicated system of interrelations which operate over a long period and have a bearing on social behaviour.
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