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Title: The Beng of the Ivory Coast


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The Beng of the Ivory Coast
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Key Terms
  • Parallel Cousin marriage  marrying a cousin
    whose parent is of the same sex as your parent
    (the children of two brothers or two sisters)
  • Cross Cousin marriage  marrying a cousin whose
    parent is of the opposite sex as your parent (the
    children of a brother and sister)
  • Matrilateral vs. patrilateral cousin marriage 
    refers to whether it is a cousin on your mothers
    side or your fathers side

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Elementary complex marriage systems
  • Elementary positive rules prescriptions
  • Endogamy descent
  • Complex negative rules prohibitions
  • Exogamy alliance
  • Beng inbetween a combination

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Lineal colateral kin (sibling branches
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Counting cousins
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Basic cousin relationships
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Matrilateral cross cousin marriage
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Patrilateral cross-cousin marriage
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Beng motivations for matrilateral parallel cousin
marraige
  • Couple arguments matriclan
  • Matriclan members resolve arguments
  • Different matriclans indifferent to arguments
  • Greater clan involvement during marital conflicts
  • A positive relationship (identity) vs.
    patrikinship as a negative relationship
    (difference)

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Matriclan  Identity
  • Close identity, idea of interchangeability
  • Shared clan treasure (gold nuggets, French coins,
    a stool)
  • Shared substance through concept of shared
    breastmilk
  • Strict obligations to help one another (with age
    important, as juniors may be called upon to do a
    lot of the work of fulfilling obligations)

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Patriclan  Difference
  • Members are united in their difference from other
    patriclans
  • Each patriclan has a different set of food taboos
  • Each patriclan has secret medicines to counteract
    effects of breaking food taboos
  • Patriclans control the washing of corpses
    (uniting them to their patriclan and thus
    crossing back into identity)

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Beng -- complex elementary kinship system
  • Matrilateral parallel cousin marriage alliance
    theory unites people who are already united
    (usually incest)
  • Cross-cousin marriage ambivalence about
    marrying close
  • Birth order system regulates marital alliances
    women regulating exchange
  • ½ daughters assigned to each parent
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