Anthropologist Edmund Leach (1955) Observed That, Depending on the Society

question 41

Multiple Choice

Anthropologist Edmund Leach (1955) observed that, depending on the society, several different kinds of rights are allocated by marriage. According to Leach, marriage can-but doesn't always-accomplish each of the following EXCEPT

• A) give either or both spouses rights to the labor of the other.
• B) give either or both spouses rights over the other's property.
• C) give either or both spouses rights over the latent and manifest functions of the other.
• D) establish a socially significant "relationship of affinity" between spouses and their relatives.
• E) give either or both spouses a monopoly in the sexuality of the other.

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