Marriage+Around+the+World

=Marriage Around the World=

Introduction
Marriage is a socially constructed union/bond that has varied throughout time based on geographical location, space in time, technological innovations, and most importantly societal impact to self. Societal and legal law also enters into the concept of marriage in various ways. "It recognizes, ratifies, regulates, promotes, supports, and protects" various marital institutions across cultures (Bradley, p.193, 2004). According to Bradley, "[l]aw supervenes upon these institutions, and by so doing creates, within limits, a legal version or dimension of a particular social practice or institution. The state's partnership with marriage and family is the most important example. And the law's version of marriage (and family) is a powerful influence (as we have seen) on what marriage is for the people whose law it is". (p.193, 2004).

However, even in places where law appears less structured than in the Western World, marriage is culturally universal. Marriage and its meaning, continue to morph along the lines of grammatology as was explained by Derrida (1974). As we will see in the following links, marriage looks very different across cultures.

The following pages will share a brief synapses of marriage around the world:

[|**Video of Marriages Around the World**]

Marriages in different cultures

 * Marriage in the Caribbean **


 * Consanguinity and Endogamy **


 * Polyandry in the Himalayas **

References

Bradley, G. V. (2004). Law and the Culture of Marriage. //Notre Dame JL Ethics & Pub. Pol'y //, //18 //, 189.