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Compare the operations and implications of Bridewealth and Dowry

December 14, 2022 by Claudine Cassar
Compare the operations and implications of Bridewealth and Dowry

The raison d’etre for the existence of the marriage payments, and the underlying assumptions about the value of women differ considerably in societies where bridewealth payments are made upon marriage, as opposed to those where a dowry payment is the custom.

What are the different marriage wealth-exchange practices?

December 14, 2022 by Claudine Cassar
What are the different marriage wealth-exchange practices

Marriage wealth-exchange practices are strongly influenced by the economic modes of production (foraging, horticulture, pastoralism or intensive agriculture) of the society, the resulting relations of production and the possibility of wealth accumulation.

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