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Do you know about ...
  1. Marriage?
  2. The Nayar "Exception?"
  3. Rare Types of Marriage?


  1. Why is Marriage Universal?
  2. Gender Division of Labor?
  3. Prolonged Infant Dependency
  4. Sexual Competition
  5. Other Mammals and Birds: Postpartum Requirements


  1. How Does One Marry?
  2. Marking the Onset of marriage
  3. Economic Aspects of Marriage
  4. Bride Price
  5. Bride Service
  6. Exchange of Females
  7. Gift Exchange
  8. Dowry
  9. Indirect Dowry


  1. Restrictions on Marriage: The Universal Incest Taboo
  2. Childhood-Familiarity Theory
  3. Freud's Psychoanalytic Theory
  4. Family-Disruption Theory
  5. Cooperation Theory
  6. Inbreeding Theory


  1. Whom Should One Marry?
  2. Arranged Marriages
  3. Exogamy and Endogamy
  4. Cousin Marriages
  5. Levirate and Sororate


  1. How Many Does One Many?
  2. Polygyny
  3. Polyandry


  1. The Family
  2. Variation in Family Form
  3. Extended-Family Households
  4. Possible Reasons for Extended-Family Households

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