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Beauty, Family, and Household Kinship Relations and the Cultural Differences of Beauty
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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
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Beauty Among the Nacirema "So through the eyes love attains the heart." -De Borneilh (ca 1138 - 1200?) Gender bias Magazines
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Top 3 Selling Womens Magazines 1. 2.3.
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Top 3 Selling Mens Magazines 1. 2.3.
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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
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Globalization of Love Love marriage is spreading Media Message Missionization Changes in infrastructure - > changes in society Changing family structure
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Family Structure Western Society – Neolocal Husband and wife create their own residence 4% of cultures worldwide
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Family Structure Patrilocal – husband and wife move in with husbands family Common in cultures where men coordinate their work (agriculture) 67% of cultures worldwide
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Family Structure Matrilocal – husband and wife move in with wifes family Common in cultures where men have to travel long distances for long periods of time (wars) 15% of cultures worldwide
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Family Structure Ambilocal – move in with either husbands or wifes family (7% worldwide) Avunculocal – move in with husbands mothers 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)
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Family Forms What do the households of a culture look like? Nuclear family (think 50s family) Extended family (multiple nuclear) Polygamous
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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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