Bruce Whitehouse

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Enduring Polygamy: Plural Marriage and Social Change in an African MetropolisHardcover, 14 April 2023

Enduring Polygamy: Plural Marriage and Social Change in an African Metropolis
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Part of Series
Politics of Marriage and Gender: Global Issues in Local Contexts
Print Length
240 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Date Published
14 Apr 2023
ISBN-10
1978831145
ISBN-13
9781978831148

Description

Why hasn't polygamous marriage died out in African cities, as experts once expected it would? Enduring Polygamy considers this question in one of Africa's fastest-growing cities: Bamako, the capital of Mali, where one in four wives is in a polygamous marriage. Using polygamy as a lens through which to survey sweeping changes in urban life, it offers ethnographic and demographic insights into the customs, gender norms and hierarchies, kinship structures, and laws affecting marriage, and situates polygamy within structures of inequality that shape marital options, especially for young Malian women. Through an approach of cultural relativism, the book offers an open-minded but unflinching perspective on a contested form of marriage. Without shying away from questions of patriarchy and women's oppression, it presents polygamy from the everyday vantage points of Bamako residents themselves, allowing readers to make informed judgments about it and to appreciate the full spectrum of human cultural diversity.

Product Details

Author:
Bruce Whitehouse
Book Format:
Hardcover
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
14 April 2023
Genre:
African
ISBN-10:
1978831145
ISBN-13:
9781978831148
Language:
English
Pages:
240

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