Women of Principle : Female Networking in Contemporary Mormon Polygyny.
This book offers an in-depth study of the female experience in one Mormon polygynous community, the Apostolic United Brethren. Women in such rigid, patriarchal religious groups are commonly portrayed as the oppressed, powerless victims of male domination. Janet Bennion shows, however, that therealit...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press,
1998.
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| ISBN: | 9780195353006 0195353005 |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- One: Introduction: Women's Place in a Patriarchal World; two: The People: An Ethnographic Sketch; three: Ideological Blueprints: Charters for Female Status and Satisfaction; four: Economic Challenges and Creative Financing: How Judith Got By on 76 a Month; five: Courtship, Marriage, and Sexuality; six: Living Arrangements and Individuality: Sharing Space; seven: About Sickness, Barrenness, Aging, and Death; eight: The Nature of Female Relationships and the Network; nine: Conclusion: Female Kingdom Building in Mormon Fundamentalist Polygyny; Glossary; Notes; References; Index; A; B.
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