Lewellyn Hendrix

Illegitimacy and Social Structures

Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Nonmarital Birth

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Produktbeschreibung

Sanctions for illegitimacy vary enormously across cultures and are linked to social structure. Some societies handle non-marital births in a relaxed way; others use restitutive sanctions; and others repressive sanctions. This study of 122 non-industrial societies shows that the regulation of illegitimacy is more varied than any particular theory suggests and aims to test a variety of possible factors in the social regulation of illegitimacy.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Praeger
• Seitenzahl: 226
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. August 1996
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 510g
• ISBN-13: 9780897894678
• ISBN-10: 0897894677
• Artikelnr.: 25610122

Autorenporträt

LEWELLYN HENDRIX is Associate Professor of Sociology at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. His articles have appeared in publications such as The Sociological Quarterly, Journal of Comparative Family Studies, and the American Journal of Sociology.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface The Puzzles of Illegitimacy The Development of Theory The Recent
Potpourri of Tangential Theories Empirical Variations in the Control of
Illegitimacy Illegitimacy, Sociocultural Complexity, and Family Structure
Effects of Descent and Fraternal Interest Groups Illegitimacy and Sexual
Inequality Illegitimacy and Parent-Child Ties Social Structures and
Principles of Legitimacy American Illegitimacy in Cross-Cultural
Perspective Appendix A: Variables Used in the Study Appendix B:
Bibliography on Ethnographic Sources on Illegitimacy References Index