Marriage And Courtship Of Kyrgyzstan 's Society

Marriage is important in human society. Marriage is “the customs, rules, and obligations that establish a special relationship between a sexually cohabitating adult male and female, between them and any children they produce, and between the kin of the bride and groom” (Arenson, and Miller-Thayer 520). Most of the cultures are used to seeing only female and male getting married but looking deeper into the society; we can see there are more to it. There are many different types of marriages. In an ethnography called, Guest of the Sheik, by Elizabeth Warnock Fernea, she talks about her experiences in a small rural village of El Nahra in southern Iraq. Ethnography is “comprised of the writings of the anthropologist, detailing the life ways of a particular culture, investigated by means of direct fieldwork” (1). As she gets accepted by the women of the villages, she gets a more inclusive view of the culture.

Marriage is described as two people as partners in a personal relationship. There are two typical ideas of marriage that we know today. The first one that comes to mind is the one we all know, based on love, but there is another one that some may not even know of and its arranged marriages. Arranged marriage is not typically in our culture we know but in different cultures arranged marriages are their normal marriage. Throughout this essay, I will discuss the importance of realizing cultural diversity and how we apply the perspectives we gain from cross-cultural comparison to our own experience using central concepts about marriage to compare and contrast marriage in several cultures.

The culture of a country has played a role in if, when, and why people were getting married throughout history, but is it still as influential in today’s world? A comparison of Russia and Germany shows that this may not always be the case. Russia is heavily promoting “traditional family values”, pushing back against cultural change of marriage (Petrova, 2015b). Germany, on the other hand, is embracing and supporting the cultural change. The two countries, while similar in their marital practices in the past, are vastly different in what they deem socially acceptable today. Most notably, Russia and Germany differ in their societal views and expectations of marriage, age of marriage, and a couples pre and post marital living arrangements. Although these are differences today, perceptions are subject to change and these practices may be altered in the future; just look at America.

Cultural relativism says that we must examine cultural practices within a cultural context, seeking to understand different practices from the eye of those who practice them. It is sometimes hard to understand other cultures from an emic perspective, and there is a tendency to favor your culture, viewing it as superior. It is helpful to change your perspective, assuming an outside view towards your culture and taking an inside look at another. Over the course of this paper, I will explain my American Culture courtship and marriage traditions through the etic eye to show the perspective to an outsider, and I will examine an aspect of the Sub-Saharan African polygyny marriage from an emic perspective to become familiar with this lifestyle.

“...the basis for marriage has changed considerably over the course of history, and the changes in the ages at which people marry merely reflect these shifting foundations.” In the past, a person gets married on the basis of religion and the parents have to search a couple for their child. But nowadays, a person is more likely to pay attention more to social and economic equality and be more selective to choose a couple. Why does it happen? Because of social changes which require the community to grow to meet the needs of the economy, entering this category is a necessary condition that must be fulfilled to build a family. But not everyone is like this, there are still some people who retain the old tradition and use the basis of religion, for example, the son of ustadz Arifin Ilham, Muhammad Alvin Faiz, at the age of 17 married to Larissa Chou (she convert to Islam), a

In Arab society, a women’s status is contingent on being married and caring for her children. High regard is placed on rearing male children. Marriages are arranged and women often spend the majority of their time at home, rather then focusing on a career. Arranged marriages may not work; however, a divorced

In fact, marriage and having a family is an important notion in Middle East, and according to her 95% of people in the Middle East marry at least once. Because of the importance of this concept in the Middle East not only men love their wife, they also so their best to keep them happy. She argues that arranged-marriage is not a form of forced marriage, in fact it is based on the fact that couples would develop companionship and romantic love over time. In addition, she debates that polygamy, which is also another issue targeted by West, is not prevalent in the Middle East and only 5% of the population practice polygamy. These are all important features that show the traditions of the Middle East are changing. Although the couple, Hatam & Huda, are both

In the article "Rethinking Traditional Marriage in Korea”, Hyungsook Yoon through some traditional deviant marriages to indicate that how does a woman’s role change in a marriage, and she also emphasizes that marriage in Korea has been changed dramatically. However, although nowadays marriage in Korea tends to a modern way, there are still some differences existing compare with western marriage. Why does traditional culture influences Korean marriage so greatly, and how to get rid off traditional thought of marriage in

Both Islamic and social understandings of family dynamics give husband additional rights over their wives. Since all interpretative work is done by men, all their rights are sustained, legislations are biased and carried out to manipulate them to reinforce gender inequalities. Although Islam is against looting other believers and harming others, people are blinded by greed, traditionally is is taught that women or children do not deserve to inherit because they are irrational by nature. Nowadays in some bedouin tribes, they view woman as property to be inherited by the eldest son or the deceased’s brothers, he would inherit the sisters of his father or deceased’s wife and daughters. Tradition allows men to marry her or lend her to whomever they wish, he would marry her off and take her dower to himself after her ‘iddah. In Muslim societies, boys are given a greater social recognition and preference over the opposing gender, thus, women are taught to live with gender discrimination and male privilege from an early age, the notion of gender inequality becomes enrooted to the extent that women become supportive of discrimination because that’s how they have been raised and believe is

Though the joint-family is linked to ancient India, its still prevalent in modern day India. Traditionally, baby boys were preferable to baby girls since boys were able to earn money and support the family. Girls on the other hand, were expensive to raise. They didn’t bring home the bread and the girl’s marriage dowry required a hefty amount of money and other luxury goods such as valuable jewelries and saris. Once girls were married off to the other families, they would have to address their new parents-in-law as “father” and “mother”. As home maker of the family, the wife’s duty was to supervise the household and take care of the children, she also had to try hard to please her new in-laws.

I think Stephanie Coontz’s research question is “How has marriage and family life transformed?” Stephanie informs us that she is writing a book at this point in her life, and she has researched marriage and family life in the past 5,000 years. She directly states in her article “The World Historical Transformation of Marriage” that it is her job “to stay on top of the exciting new research that appears in journals such as this one.” I really enjoyed this article because I thought she answered her research question well, and she doesn’t waste time getting to her point. From the very beginning she throws out all kinds of statistics. So also tells us her opinion on marriage. She says “I still believe that when it comes to any particular practice

The United States is a country, founded on freedom, immersed with immigrants hoping to secure their independence and reconstruct their lives. The United States, unlike many other countries, is made up entirely of different cultures and ethnic groups. This country is home to many middle-eastern citizens, with a great majority of Turkish Americans. According to the Embassy of the United States, there are currently 500,000 Americans with “Turkic” descent (TMPFA). The existence of Turkish families in the country is a positive one as their talent, creativity and hard work strengthens our nation. The struggle of these people to adjust to American society can be demanding, but many Turkish people choose to carry on their family traditions. The aim of this paper is to analyze the partner selection, engagement process and wedding ceremonies of Turkish couples within the United States.

One of the major themes, not only over the past decades but for over centuries, have been a marriage and family and more particularly, changes in views and opinions on a real family and marriage. Also, there are many cultural conflicts, primarily concerning abortion and marriage of same sex couples, deepen in the last few decades. This essay will focus upon several aspects of marriage and how it has been changed from the past to presence. We will see how the marriage is important for men and women through various studies, different values of marriage and the definition and meaning of endogamy and exogamy in Non-Western and Western countries. Furthermore, this essay will analyse the contemporary motives of getting married.

Today, many societies are patrilineal and sons would inherit property and economic assets from their father. It is uncommon to find a society in which a female holds more power, control and authority over a male. With that being said, it is also rare that property and lands are passed through female lines, from mother to daughter. However, there are still few living societies today that practice matrilineal customs, one of which is the Minangkabau. The Minangkabau village is located in West Sumatra, Indonesia. Their culture is matrilineal yet patriarchal, as it is heavily influenced by their Islamic teachings and ethnic traditions. Aside from their religious laws, the Minangs also abide to their customary laws, called Adat (Sanday, 1997). The Adat teaches the rules of life, one of the important rules is that one has to be nurtured and disciplined by nature. So for the Minangs, a mother’s active presence around her children is crucial as she is raising the future leaders of the village. In view of Adat, women are allowed granted more rights and land privileges, and this explains the cause of the matrilineal customs that are present in the Minangkabau culture.

To start with, it ensures maintenance of traditions within any given society that practices it. Here, the society members are encouraged to respect the long valued traditions the reason being as the pillar of every member. Different societies have established values that each member has to adhere to at the different stages of life they are expected of them. Marriages are considered a continuation of such values in the form of arranged marriages among understanding communities or families (Rai, 2011). A counter opinion to such an approach is that the society is gradually changing from the past views depicted by different traditions. New practices that are human friendly are being adapted. Arranged marriages also intend to ensure that marriages last over a longer period of time. Arranged marriages are expected to last long to protect the value that come with them (Suneel, 1995). This comes through the responsibility tied to the couples that is expected to keep them together for the sake of the benefit of the future generation of others in the same set up. Such an approach cannot be used to support arranged marriages since love marriages also hold a responsibility to the couples to make stick together. Protecting the dignity of women or men as per the traditions of a given society further supports arranged marriages. Women and men were