The polygamy question / edited by Janet Bennion, Lisa Fishbayn Joffe.
2016
K686 .P65 2016 (Mapit)
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The polygamy question / edited by Janet Bennion, Lisa Fishbayn Joffe.
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Logan : Utah State University Press, [2016]
Description
vi, 262 pages ; 23 cm
Formatted Contents Note
Polygamy in nineteenth-century America / Sarah Song
Opposing polygamy : a matter of equality or patriarchy? / Lori G. Beaman
The variable impact of Mormon polygyny on women and children / Janet Bennion
Ethics of sisterhood : African American Muslim women and polygyny / Debra Majeed
An economist's perspective on polygyny / Shoshana Grossbard
The effect of polygyny on women, children, and the state / Rose McDermott and Jonathan Cowden
Testing the limits of religious freedom : the case of polygamy's criminalization in Canada / Melanie Heath
Distinguishing polygyny and polyfidelity under the criminal law / Maura Irene Strassberg
Polygamy today : a case for qualified recognition / Sarah Song
Should polygamy be a crime? / Martha Bailey
(Mis)recognizing polygamy / Kerry Abrams.
Opposing polygamy : a matter of equality or patriarchy? / Lori G. Beaman
The variable impact of Mormon polygyny on women and children / Janet Bennion
Ethics of sisterhood : African American Muslim women and polygyny / Debra Majeed
An economist's perspective on polygyny / Shoshana Grossbard
The effect of polygyny on women, children, and the state / Rose McDermott and Jonathan Cowden
Testing the limits of religious freedom : the case of polygamy's criminalization in Canada / Melanie Heath
Distinguishing polygyny and polyfidelity under the criminal law / Maura Irene Strassberg
Polygamy today : a case for qualified recognition / Sarah Song
Should polygamy be a crime? / Martha Bailey
(Mis)recognizing polygamy / Kerry Abrams.
Summary
"This is a multi-national, multi-disciplinary work of scholarship exploring the variability within polygamy. This volume disentangles diverse forms of polygamy and polyamory charting the harms and benefits these models have on practicing men, women, and children whether they are independent individuals or members of fundamentalist communities"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Location
STA
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K686 .P65 2016
Language
English
ISBN
9780874219807 paperback
0874219809 paperback
9780874219975 (ebook)
0874219809 paperback
9780874219975 (ebook)
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