Illegitimacy and Social Structures: Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Nonmarital Birth

By Lewellyn Hendrix

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0897894677
• ISBN13: 9780897894678
• Release Date: August 1996
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"