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- Title
A case of brideprice in a Zapotee village in Oaxaca, Mexico: anomaly or contribution to evolving economic theory?
- Authors
Starkman, Alvin
- Abstract
A case study of the payment of brideprice following a marriage in a Zapotee village in Oaxaca, south central Mexico, provides both a contribution to an area of academic inquiry lacking empirical research and an example of how migration, as a concomitant of modernization, may lead us away from static notions of marriage payments. The brideprice paid within the context of the facts surrounding the nuptials and circumstances of the lives of Paola and Javier and their respective families is inconsistent with prevailing anthropological and economic theory regarding the value placed on labor, fertility, and other quantifiable benefits. However, when one considers the bride' s age (a minor), citizenship (American), and current trends in emigration from Mexico to the United States, a new, fluid model for understanding marriage payments in the modem era assists us in understanding the dynamics at play in determining quantum and direction of marriage payments.
- Subjects
OAXACA (Mexico : State); ZAPOTEC (Mexican people); DOWRY; MARRIAGE &; economics; BRIDES
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Latin American & Caribbean Studies (Canadian Association of Latin American & Caribbean Studies (CALACS)), 2014, Vol 39, Issue 1, p131
- ISSN
0826-3663
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.1080/08263663.2014.978171