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matrilineage
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mat·ri·lin·e·age  (mtr-ln-j)
n.
Line of descent as traced through women on the maternal side of a family.
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Noun1.matrilineage - line of descent traced through the maternal side of the familymatrilineage - line of descent traced through the maternal side of the family
cognation, enation
unilateral descent - line of descent traced through one side of the family
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In violation of the bourgeois ideal of domesticity, Melanesian marriages are represented as bonds between groups, such as "Loving comfort but not kinship" (Theroux and Essick 1992:136), which depicts matrilineality through a Trobriand father's mothering embrace of a son not of his matriclan.
Dominant discourses of power relations and the Melanesian other: ... by Hyndman, David; Naithani, Sadhana; Stone, Janferie / Cultural Analysis
2007, Matrilineality and its implications for traditional and contemporary Papua New Guinea Cultures, Catalyst, 37(1), 3-24.
Is there a Melanesian research methodology? by Vallance, Roger J. / Contemporary PNG Studies
 
 
 
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