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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 the full spectrum of human cultural diversity.

Polygyny --- Religious aspects. --- Bamako (Mali) --- Social conditions --- polygamy, marriage, mali, plural marriage, bamako, culture, tradition, religion, faith, custom, gender, anthropology.

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"Elite Malay women's polygamy narratives are multiple and varied, and their sentiments regarding the practice are conflicted, as they are often torn between personal and religious convictions. This volume explores the ways in which this increasingly prominent practice impacts Malay gender relations. As Muslims, elite Malay women may be forced to accept polygamy, but they mostly condemn it as women and wives, as it forces them to manage their lives and loves under the "threat" of polygamy from a husband able to marry another woman without their knowledge or consent; a husband that is married but available"--

Polygamy --- 392.4/.5 <595.11> --- 392.4/.5 <595.11> Verloving. Huwelijk. Huwelijksgebruiken. Partnerkeuze. Polyandrie. Polygamie. Monogamie--Maleisië --- Verloving. Huwelijk. Huwelijksgebruiken. Partnerkeuze. Polyandrie. Polygamie. Monogamie--Maleisië --- Multiple marriage --- Plural marriage --- Marriage --- Non-monogamous relationships --- Religious aspects --- Islam

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In this intriguing book, social psychologist Irwin Altman and anthropologist Joseph Ginat examine husband-wife and wife-wife relationships in contemporary Mormon polygamous families. They describe how husbands and wives in plural families cope with their complex lifestyle in various facets of everyday life, including courtship, weddings, honeymoons, adjustments to a new life, living arrangements, and the husband's rotation among his wives. Other important topics include budget and resource management, psychological attachments to homes, and the social-emotional relationships between family members. This pioneering, comprehensive analysis of life in modern day Mormon polygamous families uses first-hand interviews and observations to describe this unusual family lifestyle. It adds to our understanding of close relationships and complements knowledge on other modern relationship forms, such as single-parent families, blended families, and cohabiting partners.

Mormon families --- Mormon Church --- Polygamy --- Families --- Familles mormones --- Eglise mormone --- Polygamie --- Familles --- History --- Histoire --- United States --- Etats-Unis --- Social conditions --- Conditions sociales --- History. --- Multiple marriage --- Plural marriage --- Marriage --- Non-monogamous relationships --- Mormonism --- Christian sects --- Mormons --- Health Sciences --- Psychiatry & Psychology --- Latter Day Saints --- Family relationships --- Latter Day Saint families --- Latter Day Saint churches