Endogamy

Endogamous is an “in-group” phenomenon that emerges from a sense of maintaining social boundaries or rules that we call norms of homogamy. Assessing my social relationships, I noticed that I am comfortable interacting with any person of any socioeconomic class, race/ethnicity, etc., and tend to integrate myself into activities that allow me to interact with groups different from myself. As mentioned in Second Thoughts, my relationships definitely tend to develop based on who I see on a day-to-day

are seen as impressive and superior figures, the Sahibs, but they do not discriminate based on caste. It is because of this that the Untouchables often try to mimic the British colonizers in actions, language and clothing. A Sahib is seen as someone to look up to, quite superior and an Englishman like Bakha yearns to be; to escape his low societal position. When Bakha was younger, he lived with his uncle in the soldier’s barracks, and was told he could never amount to anything like a Sahib if he

Chapter 2 The Reality of Inter-caste marriage Caste is the social differentiator or divider of groups of people on the basis of the birth of the child in a family. In other words, the occupation of the family, their status in the society and few other elements make up the caste system in India. This caste system started from the fall of the Mughals and was furthered by the British Raj. There were a lot rules based on caste, when it came to the relationship between two people that were of the same

Untouchables revolves around the circumstances and accounts of happenings within a single day experienced by Bakha, an untouchable or an outcast in the Indian society’s caste system. The eighteen year old Bakha is a sweeper boy who has a very strong desire to learn, yet he faces the harsh reality of being treated lowly and inhumanely by the high caste Hindus. He struggles with the realization of society’s wickedness where untouchables are seen as impure, polluted or corrupt. Eventually, he discovers

Shakespeare’s tragedy King Lear discusses how people quickly blame fate for events that are actually the fault of their own actions, saying that, “This is the excellent foppery of the world… when we are sick in fortune,—often the surfeits of our own behaviour,—we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon, and the stars: as if we were villains by necessity” (Edmund, King Lear). Similarly, A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry demonstrates that the joys, injustices, and cruelties present in the characters’

daughters inherit the father’s property but in return are married off to their parallel cousins. This form of marriage is also referred to as lineage endogamy marriage within the lineage. It is exogamous because, Exogamy, or out marriage, is said to be an important process in many biblical passages; but in fewer contexts and with more ambivalence than endogamy. Spouse selection in the ancient Hebrew culture is polygyny, the presence of substantial

Advantages of Endogamy Marriage plays a significant role in today’s contemporary society, and it is only through marriage the subsequent generation is created. Most people may have attended a wedding before; however, not all weddings are alike due to the difference in religion and/or culture. For example a Christian wedding has different customs than a Hindu wedding as a result of different beliefs and traditions. There are different types of marriages such as an arranged marriage and love marriages;

A study of closed societies in which polygamous relationships are practiced demonstrate certain sociological traits. These traits are related to the societies’ ideas concerning the intent and moral goals related to marriage. They are often determined by religious practice and considered to be a requirement for heavenly blessings. Newman explains in the textbook about a certain type of marriage named polygamy, occurs when a man marries more than one wife. Polygamy is illegal in the United States,

qualification, job, income, place etc., caste plays a dominant role in the marriage process. The implicit reason behind endogamy is the casteist binary notion of ‘purity and pollution’. From the Catholic churches to the independent churches, caste consideration is a reality in the marriage. A cursory analysis of various newspapers and matrimonial sites reveals that caste endogamy prevails among Christians. In order to substantiate the argument following matrimonial advertisements are

recognized. The definition of endogamy is a “marriage within a particular group or category of individuals” (Cultural Anthropology, 204). Cultures who practice this type of marriage require that the marriage be within his or her social group, or ethnicity. For instance, certain areas of India, especially the Hindu community, practice endogamy. Marriages outside of their social group are forbidden and extreme consequences, from disowning to death, will be given. “[Endogamy] is a common practice among