Women of principle : female networking in contemporary Mormon polygyny / / Janet Bennion [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Bennion Janet <1964->
• Pubblicazione: New York ; , : Oxford University Press, , 2023
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (191 pages)
• Disciplina: 289.3082; 306.8423088283
• Soggetto topico: Latter Day Saint women; Polygamy; Latter Day Saint women - Social conditions; Latter Day Saint women - Social networks; Latter Day Saints - Family relationships
• Note generali: Includes index.; Previously issued in print: 1998.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-173) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: Women of Principle deals with the struggles of contemporary Mormon polygynous women in their efforts to sustain their families in the prolonged absence of their husbands.
• Titolo autorizzato: Women of principle
• ISBN: 0-19-774194-0; 1-280-47054-2; 0-19-535300-5; 0-585-19223-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910816802503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Oxford scholarship online.