02668oam 2200589Ia 450 991077863570332120231218205531.00-19-774194-01-280-47054-20-19-535300-50-585-19223-5(CKB)111000211156202(EBL)273413(OCoLC)191924489(SSID)ssj0000273386(PQKBManifestationID)11229083(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000273386(PQKBWorkID)10313053(PQKB)11684612(Au-PeEL)EBL273413(CaPaEBR)ebr10086961(CaONFJC)MIL47054(OCoLC)935261066(MiAaPQ)EBC273413(EXLCZ)9911100021115620219970730d1998 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierWomen of principle female networking in contemporary Mormon polygyny /Janet BennionNew York :Oxford University Press,1998.1 online resource (191 pages)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; IndexA 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.Latter Day Saint womenUnited StatesCase studiesPolygamyUnited StatesCase studiesLatter Day Saint womenPolygamy289.3082306.8423088283Bennion Janet1964-1523473MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778635703321Women of principle3763688UNINA