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Marriage and Inequality in Classless Societies

Marriage and Inequality in Classless Societies PDF Author: Jane Fishburne Collier
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 9780804721776
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 316

Book Description
This study presents three ideal-typic models for analyzing inequality in kin-based, non-stratified societies that are commonly described as bands, tribes or ranked societies (but not chiefdoms). Each model discusses the organization of inequality associated with a particular way of validating marriages. The book is a serious and complex attempt to understand the bases and dynamics of inequality in classless societies. It offers a sophisticated argument for the position that there is a culturally-structured basis for women's universal subordination. An important strength of Collier's theoretical interpretation is that it makes the case for universality of subordination without slipping into biological reductionism.