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Title: | Social character of bride-wealth, with special reference to the Azande: (1934) |
Author: | Evans-Pritchard, E.E. |
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. |