Elite Malay Polygamy

Wives, Wealth and Woes in Malaysia
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-78533-990-5
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, Band 41, 268 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 571 g

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Elite Malay women’s polygamy narratives are multiple and varied, and their sentiments regarding the practice are conflicted, as they are often torn between personal and religious convictions. This volume explores the ways in which this increasingly prominent practice impacts Malay gender relations. As Muslims, elite Malay women may be forced to accept polygamy, but they mostly condemn it as women and wives, as it forces them to manage their lives and loves under the “threat” of polygamy from a husband able to marry another woman without their knowledge or consent; a husband that is married but available.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Zeitzen, Miriam Koktvedgaard

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Sozialethnologie: Familie, Gender, Soziale Gruppen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Polygamous Anxieties

Chapter 1. Stories

Chapter 2. Elites

Chapter 3. Islam

Chapter 4. Secrets

Chapter 5. Blame

Chapter 6. Husbands

Chapter 7. Wives

Chapter 8. Desires

Chapter 9. Co-wives

Chapter 10. Sharing

Chapter 11. Children

Chapter 12. Families

Chapter 13. Rivals

Chapter 14. Magic

Chapter 15. Divorce

Conclusion: To Be or Not to Be Polygamous

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Zeitzen, Miriam Koktvedgaard
Miriam Koktvedgaard Zeitzen is Curator in Modern History and World Cultures at the National Museum of Denmark. She has done extensive research on polygyny in Muslim Southeast Asia and among Mormon fundamentalists in North America, and currently explores polyandry in the Himalayas. Her previous publications include Polygamy: A Cross-Cultural Analysis (Bloomsbury, 2008).