Brideservice has traditionally been portrayed in the anthropological literature as the service rendered to the bride’s family by the bridegroom as a brideprice or part of one. Brideservice and bridewealth models frame anthropological discussions of kinship in many regions of the world, see for instance: Langenbahn 1989; Fricke, Thornton and Dahal 1998; Hagen 1999; Gose 2000; Helliwell 2000; and Jamieson 2003. Patterns of uxorilocal post-marital residence, as well as the practice of temporary or prolonged brideservice, have been widely reported for Native Amazonia (among others, see Arvelo-Jiménez 1971:104; Dumont 1978:75; Harner 1973:79-80; Hill & Moran 1983:124-25; Holmberg 1969:217; Kracke 1976; Maybury-Lewis 1971:384; 1967:97f; 1979:9; Murphy 1956; Rivière 1984:40f; Renshaw 2002:186ff; Siskind 1977:79-81; Turner 1979:159-60; Whitten & Whitten 1984:209). Rather than seeing affinity in terms of a "compensation" model whereby individuals are exchanged as objects, Dean’s (1995) research on Amazonian brideservice among the Urarina demonstrates how differentially situated subjects negotiate the politics of marriage. (See Bartholomew Dean "Forbidden fruit: infidelity, affinity and brideservice among the Urarina of Peruvian Amazonia." Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 1995 (1)) Anthropology (from the Greek word άνθρωπος = human) consists of the study of humankind (see genus Homo). ... An illustration of a rather cute groom. ... Bride price or bride wealth is an amount of money or property paid to the parents of a woman for the right to marry her. ... Bride price also known as bride wealth or a dower is an amount of money or property paid to the parents of a woman for the right to marry their daughter. ... Kinship is the most basic principle of organizing individuals into social groups, roles, and categories. ... The term native as an adjective or noun has the following meanings. ... A river in the Amazon rainforest The Amazon is a rainforest in South America. ... Look up affinity in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... In metaphysics and statistics, the word individual, while sometimes meaning a person, more typically describes any numerically singular thing. ... Etymology: The word object comes from the latin word objectum a noun form of objectus which in turn comes from objicere, which means to throw or put something before someone. ... An Indigenous Peoples of the Peruvian Amazon (Loreto), they refer to themselves as Kachá (lit. ... See subject (grammar) for the linguistic definition of subject. ... A marriage is a relationship between or among individuals, usually recognized by civil authority and/or bound by the religious beliefs of the participants. ... In a religious context, infidelity is an absence of faith in the beliefs or teachings of a religion, such that one who lacks such faith is an infidel. ... An Indigenous Peoples of the Peruvian Amazon (Loreto), they refer to themselves as Kachá (lit. ... A river in the Amazon rainforest The Amazon is a rainforest in South America. ...