Re: how many bastards are there, anyway?

tara nikole armijo-prewitt (dolphin@unm.edu)
3 Sep 1996 12:36:14 -0600

In article <LwFLyAwZq0bW091yn@io.com>, Lars Eighner <eighner@io.com> wrote:
>><mycol1@unm.edu> wrote:
>>What happens in the cultures you have in mind when a husband finds out
>>about the trysts? What cultures, in fact, are you describing?
>
>He is delighted, especially if there is some prospect of offspring.
>The biological father's family will almost certainly attempt to
>ransom the child. [snip]

This sounds like cool stuff. Can you suggest a few books or articles I
could get to read up on these societies?

Thank you.

Tara Armijo-Prewitt