The practice of polygamy occupies a unique place in North American history and has had a profound effect on its legal and social development. The Polygamy Question explores the ways in which indigenous and immigrant polygamy have shaped the lives of individuals, communities, and the broader societies that have engaged with it. The book also considers how polygamy challenges our traditional notions of gender and marriage and how it might be effectively regulated to comport with contemporary notions of justice.
The contributors to this volume—scholars of law, anthropology, sociology, political science, economics, and religious studies—disentangle diverse forms of polygamy and polyamory practiced among a range of religious and national backgrounds including Mormon and Muslim. They chart the harms and benefits these models have on practicing women, children, and men, whether they are independent families or members of coherent religious groups. Contributors also address the complexities of evaluating this form of marriage and the ethical and legal issues surrounding regulation of the practice, including the pros and cons of legalization.
Plural marriage is the next frontier of North American marriage law and possibly the next civil rights battlefield. Students and scholars interested in polygamy, marriage, and family will find much of interest in The Polygamy Question .
Contributors include Kerry Abrams, Martha Bailey, Lori Beaman, Janet Bennion, Jonathan Cowden, Shoshana Grossbard, Melanie Heath, Debra Majeed, Rose McDermott, Sarah Song, and Maura Irene Strassberg.

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Bridging the Multimodal Gap From Theory to Practice

Janet Bennion; Lisa Fishbayn Joffe; Assistant Professor of Sociocultural Anthropology Janet Bennion

Edited by Janet Bennion and Lisa Fishbayn Joffe

Bennion, Janet; Fishbayn Joffe, Lisa

Project MUSE (https://muse.jhu.edu/)

Dian Olson Belanger

United States, United States of America

Chicago, 2016

Mar 01, 2016

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Logan, 2015

1, US, 2016

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Cover 1
Title page, Copyright 2
Contents 6
Introduction 10
1. Polygamy in Nineteenth-Century America 30
2. Opposing Polygamy: A Matter of Equality or Patriarchy? 47
3. The Variable Impact of Mormon Polygyny on Women and Children 67
4. Ethics of Sisterhood: African American Muslim Women and Polygyny 90
5. An Economist’s Perspective on Polygyny 108
6. The Effect of Polygyny on Women, Children, and the State 120
7. Testing the Limits of Religious Freedom: The Case of Polygamy’s Criminalization in Canada 160
8. Distinguishing Polygyny and Polyfidelity under the Criminal Law 183
9. Polygamy Today: A Case for Qualified Recognition 202
10. Should Polygamy Be a Crime? 213
11. (Mis)recognizing Polygamy - Kerry Abrams 231
Contributors 255
Index 257
Publisher:University Press of Colorado,Published:2015,ISBN:9780874219975,Related ISBN:9780874219807,Language:English,OCLC:936608821
The practice of polygamy occupies a unique place in North American history and has had a profound effect on its legal and social development. The Polygamy Question explores the ways in which indigenous and immigrant polygamy have shaped the lives of individuals, communities, and the broader societies that have engaged with it. The book also considers how polygamy challenges our traditional notions of gender and marriage and how it might be effectively regulated to comport with contemporary notions of justice.

"This is a multi-national, multi-disciplinary work of scholarship exploring the variability within polygamy. This volume disentangles diverse forms of polygamy and polyamory charting the harms and benefits these models have on practicing men, women, and children whether they are independent individuals or members of fundamentalist communities"-- Provided by publisher

2022-03-08