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A 9 page overview of marriage in three indigenous cultures from three separate geographic areas: The Inca, the Navajo and the Masai. Provides general information about marital responsibilities and ritual. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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Afghani and Iranian Shiite Muslims allow temporary marriages under some circumstances, this union is considered to be permanent and in most cases involves not only a living arrangement but also
a recognized social structure in which children are produced and reared. A few cultures allow a man to take more than one wife. In some cultures extramarital associations were
allowed as well. The ancient Hebrews and more recently the Arabs and Chinese, for example, allowed the men to take concubines but these arrangements were not viewed with the
same social acceptability as is the marriage itself. When one discusses the concept of marriage and the social dictates regarding it is necessary
to speak not only of geographic location but also of the concerned individuals culture or religion. Another often overlooked factor in how society views marriage is time period.
In France, for example, choices as fundamental as marriage which would have been almost strict requirement in the seventeenth century began to be an option in the eighteenth century.
Many women defied the status quo of the seventeenth century and chose to remain single simply because they wanted to remain single (Adams, 1996). This was true at
different time periods in numerous cultures and geographic areas. For the purposes of this paper information will be provided about representative indigenous peoples of three separate geographic areas:
Central America, North America and Africa. The peoples which will be discussed will include the Inca, the Navajo, and the Masai.
Central America In the Americas the social dictates regarding marriage become even more confusing. Prior
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