Modern Polygamy in the United States

Historical, Cultural, and Legal Issues
Herausgeber: Burton, Lara; Jacobson, Cardell

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Produktbeschreibung

Few people realize that polygamy continues to exist in the United States. Thus, world-wide attention focused on the State of Texas in 2008 as agents surrounded the compound of The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (FLDS) and took custody of more than 400 children. Several members of this schismatic religious group, whose women adorned themselves in "prairie dresses," admitted to practicing polygamy. The state justified the raid on charges that underage marriage was being forced on young women. A year later, however, all but one of the children had been returned to their parents and only ten men were charged with crimes, some barely related to the original charges. This book reveals the history, culture, and sometimes an insider's look at the polygamous groups located primarily in the western parts of the United States. The contributors to this volume are historians, anthropologists, and sociologists familiar with the various groups. A legal scholar also addresses the legality of the Texas raid and a geneticist examines the paternity issues. Together, these authors provide a much needed understanding of the surprisingly large number of groups and individuals who live a quiet polygamous life style in the United States.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 398
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 675g
• ISBN-13: 9780199746385
• ISBN-10: 0199746389
• Artikelnr.: 29931001

Autorenporträt

Cardell Jacobson is Karl G. Maeser Professor of General Education, Brigham Young University Lara Burton is a PhD Candidate, Brigham Young University

Inhaltsangabe

* Prologue and Introduction: The Incident At Eldorado, Texas Cardell K.
Jacobson and Lara Burton
* Section 1: Historical and Cultural Patterns of Polygamy in the United
States: Estranged Groups
* 1.: A Repeat of History: A Comparison of the Short Creek and El
Dorado Raids on the FLDS Martha Sonntag Bradley
* 2.: One Vision: The Making, Unmaking, and Remaking of a
Fundamentalist Polygamous Community Heber B. Hammon and William
Jankowiak
* 3.: Life Among the FLDS: Not Perfect, But Not Deluded and Not
Monsters Ken Driggs
* 4.: History, Culture, and Variability of Mormon Schismatic Groups
Janet Bennion
* 5.: Differing Polygamous Patterns: Nineteenth Century LDS and
Twenty-First Century FLDS Marriage Systems Kathryn Daynes
* Section 2: Social Scientists Examine Polygamy and the Seizure of the
FLDS Children
* 6.: Demographic, Social and Economic Characteristics of a Polygamist
Community Tim B. Heaton and Cardell K. Jacobson
* 7.: The Many Faces of Polygamy: An Analysis of the Variability in
Modern Mormon Fundamentalism in the Intermountain West Janet Bennion
* 8.: "What's Love Got to Do with It?": Earthly Experience of Celestial
Marriage, Past and Present Carrie A. Miles
* 9.: Social Scientific Perspectives on the FLDS Raid and the
Corresponding Media Coverage Ryan T. Cragun and Michael Nielsen
* 10.: Learning the Wrong Lessons: A Comparison of FLDS, Family
International, and Branch Davidian Child-Protection Interventions
Gary Shepherd and Gordon Shepherd
* 11.: The International Fight Against Barbarism: Historical and
Comparative Perspectives on Marriage Timing, Consent, and Polygamy.
Arland Thornton
* Section 3: Legal and Ethical Issues Surrounding the Seizure of the
FLDS Children
* 12.: The Intricacies and Ethics of Parental Genetic Testing Deborah
L. Cragun and Ryan T. Cragun
* 13.: Child Protection Law and the FLDS Raid in Texas Linda F. Smith