De l’égalité problématique aux mariages utiles
Abstracts
From Problematical Equality to Useful Marriages. Kinship and Affinity in a Kindred-Based Society (Mase, The Swiss Alps). – Egalitarian sharing, political dualism and the marriage system work together in an opening/closing movement. Egalitarianism implies that land circulates in the community, but each nuclear family reassembles its private landholdings. Dualism causes alternations, but each clan struggles to keep its power in the commune. Some marital alliances occur outside the community, but others inside, thus reinforcing community bonds. Ultimately, this social system’s cornerstone is an egalitarian philosophy.
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Keywords :
Europe, parenté européenne, european kinship, parentèle, mariage utile, dualisme politique, héritage égalitaireReferences
Bibliographical reference
Flora Madic, “De l’égalité problématique aux mariages utiles”, L’Homme, 154-155 | 2000, 467-480.
Electronic reference
Flora Madic, “De l’égalité problématique aux mariages utiles”, L’Homme [Online], 154-155 | avril-septembre 2000, Online since 18 May 2007, connection on 28 March 2024. URL: http://journals.openedition.org/lhomme/43; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4000/lhomme.43
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