Diverging Devolution

Associated Documents (3)

Main AuthorPublished YearTitle
Ericksen, Karen Paige"Blood feuds": cross-cultural variations in kin group vengeance
Goody, JackCousin terms
Goody, JackCausal inferences concerning inheritance and property

Associated Hypotheses (4)

Main AuthorHypothesis
Ericksen, Karen PaigeResource base (hoe, plow, pastoral), diverging devolution and hospitable climate are associated with formal adjudication (73)
Goody, Jack"There is a distinct association of Eskimo terms with bilateral [descent] systems . . . and with diverging devolution . . . the transmission of property to offspring of both sexes" (129)
Goody, Jack"Diverging devolution appears to depend upon . . . stratification found in complex states, intensive use of agricultural resources, by plough, irrigation or other means" (296)
Goody, JackThe following variables are dependent upon diverging devolution (transmission of property to both males and females): greater control of womens' marriage (prohibition of premarital sex, endogamy, father's brother's daughter marriage, monogamy, alternative residence) and by extension Eskimo kinship terminology which isolates the sibling group form "cousins" (296)

Associated OCMs

  1. inheritance