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Illegitimacy and Social Structures
Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Nonmarital Birth
Lewellyn Hendrix
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Illegitimacy and Social Structures

Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Nonmarital Birth

Lewellyn Hendrix Lewellyn Hendrix

August 1996

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Sanctions for illegitimacy vary enormously across cultures and are linked to social structure. Some societies handle non-marital births in a relaxed way; others use restitutive sanctions; and others repressive sanctions. This study of 122 non-industrial societies shows that the regulation of illegitimacy is more varied than any particular theory suggests and aims to test a variety of possible factors in the social regulation of illegitimacy.

Sanctions for illegitimacy vary enormously across cultures and are linked to social structure. Some societies handle non-marital births in a relaxed way; others use restitutive sanctions; and others repressive sanctions. This study of 122 non-industrial societies shows that the regulation of illegitimacy is more varied than any particular theory suggests (and there are many, including Marxism, functionalism, sociobiology, and feminism). The work aims to test a variety of theoretical ideas about the possible factors involved in social regulation of illegitimacy — social hierarchy, fraternal interest groups, female power, extended family structure, affection for children, and father involvement with infants — and to examine combinations of these factors for predictive power. This study will be of interest to scholars and students in sociology, family studies, and cultural anthropology.
Preface
The Puzzles of Illegitimacy
The Development of Theory
The Recent Potpourri of Tangential Theories
Empirical Variations in the Control of Illegitimacy
Illegitimacy, Sociocultural Complexity, and Family Structure
Effects of Descent and Fraternal Interest Groups
Illegitimacy and Sexual Inequality
Illegitimacy and Parent-Child Ties
Social Structures and Principles of Legitimacy
American Illegitimacy in Cross-Cultural Perspective
Appendix A: Variables Used in the Study
Appendix B: Bibliography on Ethnographic Sources on Illegitimacy
References
Index
Endorsements
This book is the first systematic cross-cultural investigation of why societies vary in how they react to illegitimacy (nonmarital births). The discussions of results and related topics are extensive, thoughtful, and constructive. The many positive results (as well as the test results that contradict various theories) will have to be accommodated by any future theory that purports to explain why some societies severely punish illegitimacy while others tolerate it without sanction. This book is a pioneering achievement.—^X^BMelvin Ember, president^LHuman Relations Area Files, Inc.





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