Bruce Whitehouse

Enduring Polygamy

Plural Marriage and Social Change in an African Metropolis

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Produktbeschreibung

Enduring Polygamy explores sweeping social changes in urban Africa through the lens of plural marriage. The book offers insights into gender dynamics and the cultural, economic, and political factors affecting how, when, and why people marry. The bookoffers an open-minded but unflinching perspective on a contested but resilient form of marriage.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. April 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 150mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 1179g
• ISBN-13: 9781978831131
• ISBN-10: 1978831137
• Artikelnr.: 64706559

Autorenporträt

BRUCE WHITEHOUSE is an associate professor of anthropology at Lehigh University, where he is also affiliated with the Africana and global studies programs. He is the author of Migrants and Strangers in an African City: Exile, Dignity, and Belonging.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
Series Foreword by Péter Berta
Introduction: It's Complicated: Polygamy
and the Marriage System in Bamako, Mali 
INTERLUDE ONE
The Midnight Callers
1 "Marriage Is an Obligation": The Marital Life Course
2 Polygamous Marriage Formation
INTERLUDE TWO
Virtual Monogamy in Practice
3 Polygamous Household Dynamics
4 What's Culture Got to Do with It? Religion, Gender, and Power
5 Marriage Markets and Marriage Squeezes:
The Demographic Underpinnings of Polygamous Marriage
INTERLUDE THREE
Family Law, Identity, and Political Islam
6 Marriage Law, Polygamy, and the Malian State
Conclusion: The Polygamy of the Future
Acknowledgments
Notes
References
Index