Polygyny : what it means when African American Muslim women share their husbands /

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Debra Majeed's ethnography of contemporary African American Muslim polygyny illuminates the varieties of and struggles within a type of family whose form and function is contrary to U.S. civil law.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Majeed, Debra (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2015]
Subjects:
Polygyny > United States.
African American women > United States.
Muslim women > United States.
Man-woman relationships > United States.
Polygynie > États-Unis.
Noires américaines > États-Unis.
Musulmanes > États-Unis.
Relations entre hommes et femmes > États-Unis.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
RELIGION / Islam / General
African American women
Man-woman relationships
Muslim women
Polygyny
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The road to understanding polygyny
  • Agency and authority in polygyny
  • Religious and experiential prescriptions
  • Legalities and emotional well-being
  • Imam Mohammed's commentary on polygyny
  • Mental health and living polygyny
  • Afterword: Muslim womanist praxis and polygyny.

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