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matrilocality
(redirected from Uxorilocal)

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mat·ri·lo·cal  (mtr-lkl)
adj. Anthropology
Of or relating to residence with a wife's kin group or clan.
matri·lo·cali·ty (-kl-t) n.
matri·local·ly adv.
matrilocality
the state or custom of residing with the family or tribe of the wife, as in certain primitive societies. Cf. patrilocality. — matrilocal, adj.
See also: Anthropology
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Even in the 1980s marriage within the longhouse was the norm and the Lahanan, like other Kajang groups, continue to have a strong preference for uxorilocal residence after marriage.
The Lahanan of the Balui, 1963-2006 by Alexander, Jennifer / Borneo Research Bulletin
The widespread local custom of uxorilocal marriage (husband takes up residence in his father-in-law's house, and agrees that his sons will bear his father-in-law's surname) and cross-surname adoption (son is adopted outside the lineage, and thus acquires a different surname) enabled genealogists to plausibly explain changes of surname.
Practicing Kinship: Lineage and Descent in Late Imperial China by Rawski, Evelyn S. / Journal of Social History
As in Tibet, Nyinba too practise both uxorilocal (husband moving to wife's location) and virilocal (wife moving to husband's location) marriages (see Levine 1988, Luintel 1998, Schuler 1987).
Agency, autonomy and the shared sexuality: gender relations in ... by Luintel, Youba Raj / Contributions to Nepalese Studies
 
 
 
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