Polygamy : a cross-cultural analysis / Miriam Koktvedgaard Zeitzen.
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TextPublisher: Oxford ; New York : Berg, 2008Description: 206 pages ; 25 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1845202201
- 9781845202200
- 184520221X
- 9781845202217
- 306.8423 22
- GN480.35 .Z45 2008
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| 306.84 LAM Identity and repartnering after separation / | 306.841 JUS Just living together : implications of cohabitation on families, children, and social policy / | 306.841094 NAZ Cohabitation, family and society : European experiences / | 306.8423 ZEI Polygamy : a cross-cultural analysis / | 306.8423086642 KLE The spectre of promiscuity : gay male and bisexual non-monogamies and polyamories / | 306.845 SWA Swaying : essays on intercultural love / | 306.8450993 WOO War brides : they followed their hearts to New Zealand / |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-199) and index.
Forms of polygamy -- Foundations of polygamy -- Theories of polygamy -- Muslim polygyny in Malaysia -- Christian polygyny in the USA -- Hindu polyandry in India -- Polygamy and gender -- Polygamy and modernity -- Polygamy in contemporary societies.
"Forms of plural marriage, or polygamy, are practiced within most of the world's cultures and religions. The amazing variation, versatility and adaptability of polygamy underscore that it is not just an exotic non-Western practice, but also exists in modern Western societies. Polygamy: A Cross-Cultural Analysis provides an examination and analysis of historical and contemporary polygamy. It outlines polygamy's place in anthropological theory and its rich socio-cultural diversity in countries ranging from the US and UK to Malaysia, India, regions of Africa and Tibet.The book also addresses often difficult and controversial issues facing modern polygamists such as prejudice, HIV/AIDS and women's emancipation. Polygamy: A Cross-Cultural Analysis offers an anthropological overview of the fascinating yet often misunderstood institution of polygamy."--Publisher description.
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