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Author Bennion, Janet, 1964-

Title Polygamy in primetime : media, gender, and politics in Mormon fundamentalism / Janet Bennion
Published Waltham, Massachusetts : Brandeis University Press, [2012]
©2012

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Description xix, 361 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Series Brandeis series on gender, culture, religion, and law
Brandeis series on gender, culture, religion & law.
Contents The history of the principle -- Further light and knowledge: ideology and culture -- Gender dynamics and sexuality -- Of covenants and kings: the politics of polygamy -- Media and the polygamy narrative -- Polygamy and the law -- The Anna Karenina principle: bringing abuse into the light -- Poly families in the twenty-first century
Summary A provocative look at the costs and benefits of polygamy among western fundamentalist Mormon women
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Also issued online
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Subject Mormon fundamentalism.
Mormon women -- Social conditions.
Polygamy.
LC no. 2011049316
ISBN 1611682622 (cloth : alk. paper)
1611682630 (paperback: alk. paper)
9781611682625 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781611682632 (paperback: alk. paper)
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