Isogamy
Isogamy ( ancient Greek ἴσος ísos "equal", γάμος gámos "marriage, marriage": marriage of equals) describes a marriage rule in ethnosociology that prefers or prescribes marriages within the same socio-economic status group , the partner should come from the same social class , class or caste . In many socially stratified societies, marriage relationships within one's own stratum are preferred. The opposite is anisogamous marriage (“unequal”), in which a spouse “marries up” to a higher caste, class or class.
Like all rules of marriage, isogamy can be found in two forms:
- as preference (preferential): equality of status is only recommended, spouses with different status are not rejected or their status changed;
- As a rule (prescriptive): Equality of status is required as a basic condition of a marital union.
On the one hand, isogamous marriage rules are directed inwards ( endo gam ), since the spouse is or should be sought in the same status group or social class. On the other hand, they cooperate with outwardly directed ( exo yarns) rules, such as the spouse is to basically one other extended family , lineage or lineage belong. In addition, there is usually the endo game rule of marrying only within one's own religious or ethnic community.
Their actual marriage practice can deviate from the isogamous rule of a social group , and conversely, communities can find isogamous marriage behavior even though they have no corresponding moral , religious or legal marriage rules.
See also
- Convenience toe ( matching origin)
- Social homophilia (“like and like to join”) - homogamy and heterogamy (choice of partner based on equality / difference)
- Matrimonial residence rules (residence)
Web links
- Helmut Lukas, Vera Schindler, Johann Stockinger: Regulation of marriage. In: Online Interactive Glossary: Marriage, Marriage, and Family. Institute for Cultural and Social Anthropology, University of Vienna, 1997, accessed on April 26, 2019 (in-depth remarks on marriage rules, with references).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lukas, Schindler, Stockinger: Isogamie. In: Online Interactive Glossary: Marriage, Marriage, and Family. University of Vienna, 1997, accessed April 6, 2014 .
- ^ Gabriele Rasuly-Paleczek: Isogamy. (PDF; 853 kB) In: Introduction to the forms of social organization. Part 3/5, University of Vienna, 2011, p. 101 , archived from the original on October 17, 2013 ; Retrieved on April 6, 2014 : “Isogamy is understood to mean a“ marriage relationship between two people who have the same social status or belong to the same class or caste in a stratified society. ”(PANOFF / PERRIN 1982: p. 150; cf. .also BARNARD / SPENCER 1997: p. 619, HIRSCHBERG 1988: p. 235 and SEYMOUR-SMITH 1986: p. 154) It is generally the case that in many societies marriage relationships within one's own social class are preferred, i . H. that isogamous marriages are propagated. "
- ↑ Gabriele Rasuly-Paleczek: Linking endogamy, exogamy and iso- or anisogamy. (PDF; 853 kB) In: Introduction to the forms of social organization. Part 3/5, University of Vienna, 2011, p. 105 , archived from the original on October 17, 2013 ; Retrieved on April 6, 2014 : "[...] that in a specific society an exogamous rule prescribes marriage outside a certain group (e.g. one's own lineage), but at the same time it is precisely specified that the marriage partner comes from the same social group Shift originates (ie the marriage has to be isogamous). In this case, there is a link between exogamy and status group endogamy. "