ISBN:
9781978831131
,
9781978831148
Language:
English
Pages:
xii, 221 Seiten
,
Illustrationen, Diagramme
,
24 cm
Series Statement:
Politics of marriage and gender: global issues in local contexts
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
306.84/23096623
Keywords:
Polygamie
;
Afrika
;
Polygyny / Mali / Bamako
;
Marriage / Mali / Bamako
;
Social change / Mali / Bamako
;
Women / Mali / Bamako / Social conditions / 21st century
;
Bamako (Mali) / Social conditions / 21st century
;
Afrika
;
Polygamie
Abstract:
"Why hasn't polygamous marriage died out in African cities, as experts once expected it would? Enduring Polygamy considers this question in one of Africa's fastest-growing cities: Bamako, the capital of Mali, where one in four wives is in a polygamous marriage. Using polygamy as a lens through which to survey sweeping changes in urban life, it offers ethnographic and demographic insights into the customs, gender norms and hierarchies, kinship structures, and laws affecting marriage, and situates polygamy within structures of inequality that shape marital options, especially for young Malian women. Through an approach of cultural relativism, the book offers an open-minded but unflinching perspective on a contested form of marriage. Without shying away from questions of patriarchy and women's oppression, it presents polygamy from the everyday vantage points of Bamako residents themselves, allowing readers to make informed judgments about it and to appreciate fully the full spectrum of human cultural diversity"--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
