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Women of principle : female networking in contemporary Mormon polygyny / Janet Bennion.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bennion, Janet, 1964- author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Apostolic United Brethren.
- Latter Day Saint women.
- Polygamy.
- Latter Day Saint women--Social conditions.
- Latter Day Saint women--Social networks.
- Latter Day Saints--Family relationships.
- Latter Day Saints.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (191 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Women of Principle deals with the struggles of contemporary Mormon polygynous women in their efforts to sustain their families in the prolonged absence of their husbands.
- Contents:
- Contents; one: Introduction: Women's Place in a Patriarchal World; two: The People: An Ethnographic Sketch; three: Ideological Blueprints: Charters for Female Status and Satisfaction; four: Economic Challenges and Creative Financing: How Judith Got By on 76 a Month; five: Courtship, Marriage, and Sexuality; six: Living Arrangements and Individuality: Sharing Space; seven: About Sickness, Barrenness, Aging, and Death; eight: The Nature of Female Relationships and the Network; nine: Conclusion: Female Kingdom Building in Mormon Fundamentalist Polygyny; Glossary; Notes; References; Index
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Previously issued in print: 1998.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-173) and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-774194-0
- 1-280-47054-2
- 0-19-535300-5
- 0-585-19223-5
- OCLC:
- 191924489
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