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exogamy (ĕksŏg`əmē): see marriage marriage, socially sanctioned union that reproduces the family . In all societies the choice of partners is generally guided by rules of exogamy (the obligation to marry outside a group); some societies also have rules of endogamy (the obligation to marry within a ..... Click the link for more information. . How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Tabili, "Outsiders in the Land of Their Birth: Exogamy, Citizenship, and Identity in War and Peace," forthcoming in the Journal of British Studies, 44, 4 (October 2005). For Italians, and Italian Americans, the received values attached to the cultural significance of "blood" are structured according to a specific exogamy, in turn grounded in patterns of social practice actively concerned with maintaining and validating a longstanding history of family traditions. The shift to egalitarian relations in recent decades is a shift "from gender and identity exogamy to gender and identity endogamy" rather than forming relations with straight partners (p. |
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