Understanding non-monogamies
by Barker, Meg
fromRoutledge research in gender and society
Featuring both empirical and theoretical pieces, contributors examine the history and cultural basis of non-monogamy, psychological understandings of relationship patterns, language and emotion, mono-normativity and issues of race, class, disability, sexuality and gender.
Debra Majeed's ethnography of contemporary African American Muslim polygyny illuminates the varieties of and struggles within a type of family whose form and function is contrary to U.S. civil law.
Prologue -- Games people play courting -- Why him? why her? -- The drive to love and who we choose -- Is monogamy natural? -- Of human bonding-- and cheating -- Why adultery? -- The nature of philandering -- Blueprint for divorce -- The three to four-year itch -- "When wild in w…
Goncourt-Preisträger Michel Houellebecq erzählt in "Unterwerfung" die Geschichte des Literaturwissenschaftlers François. Der Akademiker forscht im Frankreich einer sehr nahen Zukunft zu dem dekadenten Schriftsteller Huysmans, der ihn sein Leben lang fasziniert. Zugleich verfolgt…
Cover Page -- Despotism and Differential Reproduction -- copy -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Darwinian Theory -- Hypotheses -- Methods -- Chapter 2 Incipient Asymmetries -- Biased Outcomes -- Biased Decisions -- Perks for the Arbiters -- Perks for the Winner…
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"With over half of Americans now in favor of marriage equality, it is clear that societal norms of marriage are being quickly redefined. The growing belief that the state may not discriminate against gays and lesbians calls into question whether the state may limit other types o…