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Polygynous mairriages among the Kygyz : institutional change & endurance / Michele E. Commercio.
Van Pelt Library HQ980.5.K98 C66 2022
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Commercio, Michele E., author.
- Series:
- Central Eurasia in context
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Polygyny--Kyrgyzstan.
- Polygyny.
- Polygyny--Soviet Union.
- Kyrgyz--Social life and customs.
- Kyrgyz.
- Kyrgyzstan.
- Soviet Union.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 268 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2022]
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. Polygyny in the Context of Adat and Islam
- 2. Polygyny in the Context of Adat, Islam, and Institutions of Communist Morality
- 3. Institutional Change: Shock Therapy and Fragile Ideologies
- 4. Institutional Endurance: Hegemonic Constructions of Gender
- 5. Polygyny Is Happening and Here's What It Looks Like
- 6. Perspectives of Men in Polygynous Marriages
- 7. Perspectives of First Wives in Polygynous Marriages
- 8. Perspectives of Second Wives in Polygynous Marriages.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0822947536
- 9780822947530
- OCLC:
- 1289362902
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