Marriage customs and rites, American.

  • My family, my home / produced by Brenda McCallum.

    Documentary on family and community identity among workers. Explores roles, values, life and interpersonal relations among kin, neighbors, and fellow workers; experiences of women and children, such as courtship, marriage, childrearing, children’s work, household work.

  • American marriage mores / Margaret Mead.

    Anthropologist Margaret Mead (December 16, 1901 – November 15, 1978) analyzes America’s values and norms governing marriage. Mead first discusses marriage customs in New Guinea, where she has performed extensive anthropological research. She then talks about the role of the family in America after WWII, and examines the evolution of courtship patterns, religious affiliations and…