Polygamy : a cross-cultural analysis /

Polygamy : a cross-cultural analysis /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Zeitzen, Miriam Koktvedgaard.
Imprint:	Oxford ; New York : Berg, 2008.
Description:	206 p. ; 25 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Polygamy -- Cross-cultural studies. Polygamy -- History. Polygamy. Cross-cultural studies. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7178795

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ISBN:	9781845202200 (cloth) 1845202201 (cloth) 9781845202217 (pbk.) 184520221X (pbk.)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-199) and index.

Table of Contents:

Part I. Defining Polygamy
1. Forms of Polygamy
2. Foundations of Polygamy
3. Theories of Polygamy
Part II. Polygamy Cross-culturally
4. Muslim Polygyny in Malaysia
5. Christian Polygyny in the USA
6. Hindu Polyandry in India
Part III. Living Polygamy
7. Polygamy and Gender
8. Polygamy and Modernity
9. Polygamy in Contemporary Societies
Notes
References
Ethnographic Index
Subject Index