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Video Links Chapter 8

Introduction to Kinship and Marriage

9:56

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdLAru7a9Wofirst of 20 short videos on anthropology of kinship

The first of twenty short lectures on kinship, family, marriage, given by Alan Macfarlane in Cambridge in 1982.

Chapter 8: Marriage and Family

8:16

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXTujV5A66A&feature=related

Film clip from “Dadi’s Family” by James MacDonald, Rina Gill, and Michael Camerini, about the mother-in-law in India

Chapter 9: Social Organization and Kinship

6:25

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ggBGmKndLw&feature=related

Film clip from “The Nuer” by Robert Gardner and Hilary Harris, on life and family in the famous East African pastoral society

Her Name Came on Arrows

5:45

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Og8nWjPnSR8

Preview of a film on Baruya marriage and kinship: “French anthropologist Maurice Godelier invites five of his Baruya friends and informants to his house to discuss Baruya kinship and rules of marriage. As Godelier poses questions, the kinship rules that provide the cohesive fabric of Baruya culture are brought to life. Abstract terms are given practical meanings as Godelier investigates Baruya customs of stealing wives, exchanging sisters for wives, stealing names and exchanging ‘food for blood.’”

Multiple Husbands

4:09

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4yjrDSvze0

“The opposite of polygamy is polyandry, when a woman has multiple husbands. One group of people in the Himalayas practices this lifestyle.”

Maasai: A Warrior’s Rite of Passage

10:19

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mByW8hsCXE

First 10 minutes of a film on Maasai age sets: “This visually stunning doc takes you deep into the natural and captivating world of the Maasai. There we unravel one of the last ancient tribal rituals of the Maasai Warrior. The narrative follows the Warriors as they prepare to undergo a unique rite of passage that will initiate them into Elderhood. Granted unprecedented access to the three day ceremony, which occurs once every eight years, the filmmaker gained a rare insight into the world of the Maasai.”