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Polygamy : a cross-cultural analysis / Miriam Koktvedgaard Zeitzen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Zeitzen, Miriam Koktvedgaard, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Polygamy--Cross-cultural studies.
- Polygamy.
- Polygamy--History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (212 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- London, England : Bloomsbury, [2008]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Forms of plural marriage, or polygamy, are practiced within most of the world's cultures and religions. This work examines and analyses historical and contemporary polygamy. It also outlines polygamy's place in anthropological theory and its sociocultural diversity in countries ranging from the USA and UK to Malaysia, India, and Tibet.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-199) and indexes.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-00-308639-X
- 1-000-18997-X
- 1-003-08639-X
- 1-282-28608-0
- 9786612286087
- 1-84788-371-0
- 9781003086390
- OCLC:
- 646209002
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