Elite Malay Polygamy

Wives, Wealth and Woes in Malaysia

von Miriam Koktvedgaard Zeitzen

288 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Elite Malay women's polygamy narratives are multiple and varied, and their sentiments regarding the practice are conflicted, as they are often torn between personal and religious convictions. This volume explores the ways in which this increasingly prominent practice impacts Malay gender relations. As Muslims, elite Malay women may be forced to accept polygamy, but they mostly condemn it as women and wives, as it forces them to manage their lives and loves under the "threat" of polygamy from a husband able to marry another woman without their knowledge or consent; a husband that is married but available.

• Reihe: Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality: Social and Cultural Perspectives
• Themen: Gesellschaft und Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie und Anthropologie Anthropologie Sozial- und Kulturanthropologie, Ethnographie
• ISBN: 9781785339905
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 14.09.2018
• Größe: 235 x 157 mm
• Verlag: Berghahn Books