50th Wedding Anniversary

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A social analysis of an anniversary celebration for a German-American couple. Discusses rituals, interactions, group ideals and goals, status and roles.

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"A 50th Anniversary Celebration

Introduction
In looking at the anthropological literature, there is a great emphasis on describing marriage rituals, but not much emphasis on anniversary celebrations. Still, there is considerable discussion about pair bonding and monogamy and much disagreement about their roles in evolution and current human life. Natalie Angier (1995) noted, for instance, that pair bonding and monogamy is partially explained by the fact that babies need long term care (and reinforced by the fact that human beings have mid sized testicles). Yet, among hunter gatherers, monogamy is not universal and there is no social rule for it as in modern Western countries (Leakey and Lewin, 1978). That rule might have developed along with the culture emphasizing the ..."

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