Description |
Electronic book |
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xv, 512 pages ; 23 cm |
Contents |
Machine derived contents note: 1. Introduction -- Part I. Historical Background: 2. Mormon history 1830-1890: the early years -- 3. Contemporary fundamentalist movements -- 4. The people and their communities -- Part II. Early Stages of Relationships: 5. Deciding to add a new wife to a family -- 6. Courtship -- 7. Wedding and marriage ceremonies -- 8. Honeymoons -- 9. Adjusting to a new marriage -- Part III. Home Environments of Plural Families: 10. Living arrangements -- 11. Wives and homes -- 12. Husbands and homes -- Part IV. Managing Everyday Life: 13. The rotation process: husbands and wives alone together -- 14. Budget and resource management -- 15. Celebrations -- Part V. Social-Emotional Relationships: 16. Social-emotional relationships of husbands and wives -- 17. Relationships between wives -- 18. Family structure -- 19. Parents and children -- 20. Summing up -- Appendices |
Summary |
Social psychologist Irwin Altman and anthropologist Joseph Ginat examine husband-wife and wife-wife relationships in contemporary Mormon polygamous families in this intriguing book. Using interviews and observations, they describe how husbands and wives in plural families cope with their complex lifestyle in many facets of everyday life, including courtship, weddings, honeymoons, adjustments to a new life, living arrangements, and the husband's rotation among his wives. Other topics covered are budget and resource management, psychological attachments to homes, and the social and emotional relationships between family members. This is the first comprehensive analysis of life in present-day Mormon polygamous families in American society. Adopting a transactional and dialectic approach, the authors being an interdisciplinary perspective to this unique form of family structure in modern society |
Analysis |
Mormonism Marriage |
Notes |
Bibliography: p495-503. _ Includes index |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [495]-503) and index |
Subject |
Mormon Church -- United States -- History.
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Mormon families -- United States -- History.
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Polygamy -- United States -- History.
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Author |
Ginat, J.
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LC no. |
95046687 |
ISBN |
0521561698 |
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0521567319 (paperback) |
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