Societal system of married couples residing with the wife's parents
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In social anthropology, matrilocal residence or matrilocality (also uxorilocal residence or uxorilocality) is the societal system in which a married couple resides with or near the wife's parents.
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In social anthropology, matrilocalresidence or matrilocality (also uxorilocal residence or uxorilocality) is the societal system in which a married couple...
residence, such as patrilocal residence and matrilocalresidence, in which the couple resides with or near the husband's family (patrilocal residence)...
following list includes societies that have been identified as matrilineal or matrilocal in ethnographic literature. "Matrilineal" means kinship is passed down...
the Navajo, residence rights are ultimately derived from a head mother. Although the Western Apache usually practiced matrilocalresidence, sometimes the...
livestock grazing areas. Once married, a Navajo man would follow a matrilocalresidence and live with his bride in her dwelling and near her mother's family...
leave their natal household, and sons-in-law would move in (see matrilocalresidence). Men hunted and wove clothes; women gardened. In 1527, the Shuar...
Seminoles continued their distinctive life, such as "clan-based matrilocalresidence in scattered thatched-roof chickee camps." Today, the Florida Seminoles...
a combination of the surnames Zhang and Jian from a uxorilocal, matrilocalresidence marriage custom in Fujian, China, and now exists in Taiwan and diaspora...
live with or near either spouse's parents. This is contrasted with matrilocality and patrilocality, where the newlyweds are expected to live with either...
society — master status — materialism — matriarchy — matrilineality — matrilocalresidence — McDonaldization — mean — means of production — mechanical solidarity...
two-thirds from New Guinea and nearby islands; this is consistent with matrilocalresidence patterns. Polynesians existed from the intermixing of few ancient...
groups in China List of matrilineal or matrilocal societies Lugu Lake Matriarchy Matrilineality Matrilocalresidence Mosuo women Nashi people Sambandam Yang...
Many societies that practise a matrilineal system often have a matrilocalresidence but men still exercise significant authority. Ambilineal (or Cognatic)...
status, such as the Blang people adopting the sarong, practicing matrilocalresidence, and learning the Tai Tham alphabet. In Jinghong City and Menghai...
remarried daughters' nuclear families. The Mescalero also practiced matrilocalresidence patterns. When a woman married, the couple would move into a new...
around Fuzhou and Guilin. Hinsch has argued that the practice of matrilocalresidence was likely very common among the lower classes throughout imperial...
afford it, the preferred form of marriage appears to be polygyny with matrilocalresidence. Although possible, the first marriage is formally initiated with...
the family. Lahu trace descent bilaterally, and typically practice matrilocalresidence. Bradley (1979) lists the following Lahu ethnic subgroups. Black...
remains rare even nowadays. Both groups are matrilineal and conform to matrilocalresidence practice. Both Cham groups' common ancestor worship is known as kut...
housing - were held communally. In Engels' view, in association with matrilocalresidence and matrilineal descent, reproductive labour was shared. There would...