Polygamy in Primetime : Media, Gender, and Politics in Mormon Fundamentalism /

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A provocative look at the costs and benefits of polygamy among western fundamentalist Mormon women.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Bennion, Janet, 1964-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Waltham, Massachusetts : Brandeis University Press, ©2012.
Series:Brandeis series on gender, culture, religion & law.
Subjects:
Polygamy.
Latter Day Saint fundamentalism.
Latter Day Saint women > Social conditions.
Polygamie.
Fondamentalisme mormon.
Mormones > Conditions sociales.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > Marriage & Family.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Mormon fundamentalism.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The history of the principle
  • Further light and knowledge: ideology and culture
  • Gender dynamics and sexuality
  • Of covenants and kings: the politics of polygamy
  • Media and the polygamy narrative
  • Polygamy and the law
  • The Anna Karenina principle: bringing abuse into the light
  • Poly families in the twenty-first century.

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