Polygamy

Polygamy: a cross-cultural analysis

by Zeitzen, Miriam Koktvedgaard

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"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 sociocultural diversity in countries ranging from the USA and UK to Malaysia, India, regions of Africa and Tibet. Polygamy also addresses often difficult and controversial issues facing modern polygamists, such as prejudice, HIV/AIDS and women's emancipation."--Jacket

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Polygamy : a cross-cultural analysis / Miriam Koktvedgaard Zeitzen.

Summary

"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 sociocultural diversity in countries ranging from the USA and UK to Malaysia, India, regions of Africa and Tibet. Polygamy also addresses often difficult and controversial issues facing modern polygamists, such as prejudice, HIV/AIDS and women's emancipation."--Jacket

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2008.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Berg
  • Place of Publication:Oxford
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2008.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (206 pages)

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781847883711, 1847883710, 9781847886170, 1847886175
  • oclc:ocn646209002
  • LC Classification:GN480.35
  • Dewey Decimal:306.84/23

Table of Contents

Forms of polygamy -- Foundations of polygamy -- Theories of polygamy -- Muslim polygyny in Malaysia -- Christian polygamy in the USA -- Hindu polyandry in India -- Polygamy and gender -- Polygamy and modernity -- Polygamy in contemporary societies.

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Subjects

Anthropologie Cross-cultural studies History Kulturvergleich Polygamie Polygamie -- Études transculturelles Polygamie -- Histoire Polygamy Polygamy -- Cross-cultural studies Polygamy -- History Social & cultural anthropology, ethnogr… SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology Social theory

Writers

Zeitzen, Miriam Koktvedgaard

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