Valentine, Paul. <br/><br/>
The Anthropology of Marriage in Lowland South America :  Bending and Breaking the Rules. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (317 pages) 
<br/><br/>Cover -- The Anthropology of Marriage in Lowland South America -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction -- PART I -- 1. Marriage Matsigenka Style: Some Critical Reflections on Theories of Marriage Practices -- 2. Marriages, Norms and Structures: The Dilemma of Finding a Wife among the Piaroa of the Sipapo -- 3. To Be Seen or Not to Be Seen! Marriage Choices among Ese Eja of the Bolivian and Peruvian Amazon -- PART II -- 4. Why Did They Marry? A Very Short Tale of a Lasting Waył (Guajiro) Marriage -- 5. Beyond the Norms: Marriage and Incest among the Ye'kwana -- 6. Why Do the Ye'kwana Commit Incest So Frequently? A Discussion of Silva's "Beyond the Norms" -- 7. Why Do Women Run Away? Matrimonial Strategies among the Yanomami -- PART III -- 8. "Poor Me, I Have No Cousin": The Pragmatics of Marital Choice in the Northwest Amazon -- 9. Why Was There a Transition from an Elementary Kinship Structure to a Complex One? A Short Ethnography of an Amazonian Village -- 10. Changes in Canela Marriage over 70 Years: From Authorizing to Stealing -- 11. Waorani Marriage -- Bibliography -- List of Contributors -- Index. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780813052892 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Indians of South America--Marriage customs and rites.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>F2230.1.M28.A67 2017eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>980.01