Bridewealth Exchange is a formal transfer of goods or resources from the groom's lineage to the bride's lineage as a condition of marriage, distinguishing it from other marital exchange practices by its emphasis on compensating the bride's family and legitimizing offspring within kinship systems.
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From Brideprice To Dowry in Mediterranean Europe
Diane Owen Hughes · Journal of Family History · 1978 · 207 citations
Wives for Cattle: Bridewealth and Marriage in Southern Africa.
Michel Verdon, Adam Kuper · Man · 1983 · 191 citations
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Pennsylvania State University
State College, United States
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5 publications
360 citations
University of Ghana
Accra, Ghana
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6 publications
388 citations
Washington State University
Pullman, United States
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University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, United States
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University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
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Hamburg Institute for Social Research
Hamburg, Germany
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Population Reference Bureau
Washington D.C., United States
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University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Anthropology Southern Africa
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- Current Anthropology
CA · 2 publications · 103 citations
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