02780nam 2200613Ia 450 991045598920332120200520144314.01-280-47054-20-19-535300-50-585-19223-5(CKB)111000211156202(EBL)273413(OCoLC)191924489(SSID)ssj0000273386(PQKBManifestationID)11229083(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000273386(PQKBWorkID)10313053(PQKB)11684612(MiAaPQ)EBC273413(Au-PeEL)EBL273413(CaPaEBR)ebr10086961(CaONFJC)MIL47054(OCoLC)935261066(EXLCZ)9911100021115620219970730d1998 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWomen of principle[electronic resource] female networking in contemporary Mormon polygyny /Janet BennionNew York Oxford University Press19981 online resource (191 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-512070-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-173) and index.Contents; one: Introduction: Women's Place in a Patriarchal World; two: The People: An Ethnographic Sketch; three: Ideological Blueprints: Charters for Female Status and Satisfaction; four: Economic Challenges and Creative Financing: How Judith Got By on 76 a Month; five: Courtship, Marriage, and Sexuality; six: Living Arrangements and Individuality: Sharing Space; seven: About Sickness, Barrenness, Aging, and Death; eight: The Nature of Female Relationships and the Network; nine: Conclusion: Female Kingdom Building in Mormon Fundamentalist Polygyny; Glossary; Notes; References; Index; A; BCD; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; ZA study of the struggles of contemporary Mormon polygynous women, which claims that the women gain economic security and social autonomy through networks with others of the same sex when the patriarch is absent from the family. The author argues that Mormon women see polygyny as an alternative to isolation, poverty, and emotional deprivation.Mormon womenUnited StatesCase studiesPolygamyUnited StatesCase studiesElectronic books.Mormon womenPolygamy289.3082306.8423088283Bennion Janet1964-857273MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455989203321Women of principle1914204UNINA