单词 | virilocal |
释义 | virilocaladj. Cultural Anthropology. Pertaining to or designating a woman's residence after marriage in the domicile of her husband. Cf. patrilocal adj., uxorilocal adj. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > [adjective] > types of settlement after marriage virilocal1948 neolocal1949 1948 L. Adam in Man Jan. 12/2 The adjectives ‘patrilocal’ and ‘matrilocal’ do not fulfil these requirements [of accuracy and clarity]... I therefore propose adoption of the adjectives ‘virilocal’ and ‘uxorilocal’ to indicate whether a married couple shares the domicile with the family of the husband or of the wife. 1957 V. W. Turner Schism & Continuity in Afr. Society p. xviii It is possible that hunting, a purely masculine pursuit, and virilocal marriage, which binds together male kin in local descent groups, are parallel expressions of structural opposition between men and women in this matrilineal society. 1969 in H. Halpert & G. M. Story Christmas Mumming in Newfoundland 137 A consequence of the rigidly virilocal marriage and settlement pattern. Derivatives viriloˈcality n. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > [noun] > place of settlement after marriage > in husband's home virilocality1957 1957 V. W. Turner Schism & Continuity in Afr. Society p. xviii Within villages the dominant principles influencing residence were maternal descent and virilocality. viriˈlocally adv. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > [adverb] > settlement in husband's home after marriage virilocally1957 1957 V. W. Turner Schism & Continuity in Afr. Society ii. 55 Women are often brought up patrilocally, marry virilocally, and after divorce reside avunculocally until remarriage. 1974 G. H. Gossen in N. Hammond Mesoamerican Archaeol. 219 Chamulas live virilocally in dispersed hamlets. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < |
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