Ambilocal residence

Ambilocal residence (or ambilocality), also called bilocal residence (bilocality) is the societal postmarital residence in which couples, upon marriage, live with or near either the husband's parents or the wife's parents.^[1]

Bibliography

Fox, Robin (1967). Kinship and Marriage: An anthropological perspective. New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-27823-6.
Korotayev, Andrey. 2001. An Apologia of George Peter Murdock. Division of Labor by Gender and Postmarital Residence in Cross-Cultural Perspective: A Reconsideration. World Cultures 12(2): 179-203.

Postmarital residence

Forms	Ambilocal/bilocal residence Avunculocal residence Matrilocal/uxorilocal residence Neolocal residence Patrilocal/virilocal residence

See also	Social anthropology Cultural anthropology Marriage "Walking marriage" Family Nuclear family Extended family Patriarchy Matrilineality Patrilineality Matrifocal family

References

↑ Ember, Carol R., and Melvin Ember. Cultural Anthropology (9th ed). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1999, p. 355.

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