Ambilocal residence

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

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*cite book | author=Fox, Robin | title=Kinship and Marriage: An anthropological perspective. | location=New York | publisher=Cambridge University Press | year=1967 | id=ISBN 0-521-27823-6
* Korotayev, Andrey. 2001. [http://eclectic.ss.uci.edu/~drwhite/worldcul/Korotayev.pdf 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] .

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