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Polygamy : a cross-cultural analysis / Miriam Koktvedgaard Zeitzen

Koktvedgaard Zeitzen, Miriam

Koktvedgaard Zeitzen, Miriam

1. publ.

Oxford [u.a.] : Berg, 2008

206 S.

Englisch

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

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

1-84520-220-1 (cloth); 1-84520-221-X (pbk.); 978-1-84520-220-0 ( : cloth); 978-1-84520-221-7 ( : pbk.)

2008004852

9781845202217

OCoLC: 239565510     

OCoLC: 239565510 (aus SWB)     

LB 41000      Ähnliche Literatur

GN480.35

306.8423 ; 306.84/23

Basisklassifikation: 71.22 (Ehe) <Soziologie> ; 73.43 (Familie; Verwandtschaft; Ehe) <Ethnologie>

*Polygamie ; Kulturvergleich      Zum Register

LOC-SH: Polygamy -- Cross-cultural studies ; Polygamy -- History ; Polygamy -- Cross-cultural studies ; Polygamy -- History

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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