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

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

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1. Verfasser: Majeed, Debra (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Gainesville [u.a.] Univ. Press of Florida 2015
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Zusammenfassung: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
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-183) and index
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
Beschreibung:XV, 193 S. 24 cm
ISBN:9780813060774
081306077X

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