ISBN:
9780813055268
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0813055261
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9780813059815
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081305981X
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource
Additional Information:
Rezensiert in Joffe, Lisa Fishbayn WHAT'S THE HARM IN POLYGAMY? MULTICULTURAL TOLERATION AND WOMEN'S EXPERIENCE OF PLURAL MARRIAGE 2016
Parallel Title:
Print version Polygyny
DDC:
306.8423
Keywords:
Polygyny United States
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African American women United States
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Muslim women United States
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Man-woman relationships United States
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United States
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Man-woman relationships
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African American women
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Polygyny
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Muslim women
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African American women
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Muslim women
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Man-woman relationships
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Polygyny
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POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Cultural Policy
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Popular Culture
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African American women
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Man-woman relationships
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Muslim women
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Polygyny
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RELIGION / Islam / General
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United States
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
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Online-Publikation
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Online-Publikation
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Online-Publikation
Abstract:
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
Description / Table of Contents:
The road to understanding polygynyAgency and authority in polygyny -- Religious and experiential prescriptions -- Legalities and emotional well-being -- Imam Mohammed's commentary on polygyny -- Mental health and living polygyny -- Afterword: Muslim womanist praxis and polygyny.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Print version record
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