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Record Nr.

UNINA9910138893103321

Autore

Carter Sarah <1954-.>

Titolo

The importance of being monogamous : marriage and nation building in Western Canada to 1915 / / Sarah Carter

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Athabasca University Press, 2008

Edmonton [Alta.] : , : University of Alberta Press, , c2008

ISBN

1-282-81955-0

9786612819551

1-897425-19-8

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (400 pages) : illustrations; digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

The West unbound : social and cultural studies

Disciplina

306.810971

306.84/2209712

306.842209712

Soggetti

Marriage - Canada, Western - History - 19th century

Monogamous relationships - Canada, Western - History - 19th century

Indian women - Canada, Western - History - 19th century

Latter Day Saints - Canada, Western - History - 19th century

Canada, Western Social conditions 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-359) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; ONE: Creating, Challenging, Imposing, and Defending the Marriage "Fortress"; TWO: Customs Not in Common: THE MONOGAMOUS IDEAL AND DIVERSE MARITAL LANDSCAPE OF WESTERN CANADA; THREE: Making Newcomers to Western Canada Monogamous; FOUR: "A Striking Contrast...Where Perpetuity of Union and Exclusiveness is Not a Rule, at Least Not a Strict Rule": PLAINS ABORIGINAL MARRIAGE; FIVE: The 1886 "Traffic in Indian Girls" Panic and the Foundation of the Federal Approach to Aboriginal Marriage and Divorce

SIX: Creating "Semi-Widows" and "Supernumerary Wives": PROHIBITING POLYGAMY IN PRAIRIE CANADA'S ABORIGINAL COMMUNITIESSEVEN: "Undigested, Conflicting and Inharmonious": ADMINISTERING FIRST



NATIONS MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE; EIGHT: Conclusion; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Sommario/riassunto

Sarah Carter reveals the pioneering efforts of the government, legal, and religious authorities to impose the “one man, one woman” model of marriage upon Mormons and Aboriginal people in Western Canada. This lucidly written, richly researched book revises what we know about marriage and the gendered politics of late 19th century reform, shifts our understanding of Aboriginal history during that time, and brings together the fields of Indigenous and migrant history in new and important ways.