A Study on the Changes of Intermarriage Circles in Mongolian Village of Daotanghe Township on the South Shore of Qinghai Lake
A intermarriage circle is an important"indicator"used to describe the pattern and structure of mate choice,indicating the range of sources of spouses for members of a particular social group.It can be defined and assessed with two different dimensions,"social distance"and"geographical distance".The changes in a inter-marriage circles reflect the changes in marital interactions,with the expansion of a intermarriage circle implying the expansion of the scope of people's choice of spouses and the expansion of long-distance interactions and ex-changes,while the narrowing of a intermarriage circle implying the reduction of the scope of people's choice of spouses and the blocked or asymmetrical geographic interactions.The article takes the Mongolian village on the south shore of Qinghai Lake,with Mongolian,Tibetan and Han people living there,as a field research site,and investigates the formation and characteristics of the intermarriage circles there as well as their development and changes from an anthropological perspective.It is believed that the intermarriage circles in Mongolia village can be divided into intra-ethnic and inter-ethnic intermarriage according to the forms of intermarriage,and the changes of the intermarriage circles are mainly reflected in the gradual extension of the radius of intermarriage circles,the asymmetry and diversification of intermarriage of ethnic groups,and so on.
intermarriage circlesendogamyinter-ethnic intermarriageMongolian village
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