Item Detail
-
28411
-
3
-
0
-
English
-
Polygamy : A Cross-Cultural Analysis
-
New York, NY
-
Bloomsbury Academic
-
256
-
Polygamy: A Cross-Cultural Analysis provides an examination and analysis of historical and contemporary polygamy. It outlines polygamy's place in anthropological theory and its rich socio-cultural diversity in countries ranging from the US and UK to Malaysia, India, regions of Africa and Tibet.The book also addresses often difficult and controversial issues facing modern polygamists such as prejudice, HIV/AIDS and women's emancipation. [Publisher]