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TFauchery

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How did Claude Lvi-Strauss argue that marriage is a form of exchange? What is a counterargument to this position?
 
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What are three characteristics of modern money?
 
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Reply #1 on: Jul 10, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: The ideal answer will include:
1. Lvi-Strauss argued that the exchange of women among men is a common feature among cultures.
2. He claimed the exchange related to the incest taboothat obtaining wives from other families necessarily entails other families exchanging daughters in return.
3. Anthropologists have argued against this view by pointing out that in foraging societies, and many other cultural contexts, women are able to make their own decisions about spouses.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: The ideal answer will include:
1. Money is a medium of exchange that can be used for a variety of goods.
2. All forms of money are symbolic.
3. It is portable, divisible, and recognizable.
4. It is vulnerable to economic changes such as inflation.


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Gracias!

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YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

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