Polygamy in Primetime : Media, Gender, and Politics in Mormon Fundamentalism.

By: Bennion, JanetMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Brandeis Series on Gender, Culture, Religion, and LawPublisher: Waltham : Brandeis University Press, 2011Copyright date: ©2011Description: 1 online resource (296 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781611682960Subject(s): Mormon fundamentalism | Mormon women -- Social conditions | PolygamyGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Polygamy in Primetime : Media, Gender, and Politics in Mormon FundamentalismDDC classification: 306.84/230882893 LOC classification: HQ994 -- .B46 2012ebOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
Cover Page -- Brandeis Series on Gender, Culture, Religion, and Law -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface: "Jill Mormon" Autoethnography -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Why Study Polygamy Now? -- Part One: A Mormon Polygamy Primer: What Is It? -- 1 The History of the Principle -- 2 Further Light and Knowledge: Ideology and Culture -- 3 Gender Dynamics and Sexuality -- 4 Of Covenants and Kings: The Politics of Polygamy -- Part Two: How Do We Deal with Polygamy? -- 5 Media and the Polygamy Narrative -- 6 Polygamy and the Law -- 7 The Anna Karenina Principle: Bringing Abuse into the Light -- 8 Poly Families in the Twenty-First Century -- Postscript -- Appendix: Orson Pratt's 27 Rules of Celestial Marriage -- Notes -- Glossary -- References -- Index.
Summary: A provocative look at the costs and benefits of polygamy among western fundamentalist Mormon women.
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Cover Page -- Brandeis Series on Gender, Culture, Religion, and Law -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface: "Jill Mormon" Autoethnography -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Why Study Polygamy Now? -- Part One: A Mormon Polygamy Primer: What Is It? -- 1 The History of the Principle -- 2 Further Light and Knowledge: Ideology and Culture -- 3 Gender Dynamics and Sexuality -- 4 Of Covenants and Kings: The Politics of Polygamy -- Part Two: How Do We Deal with Polygamy? -- 5 Media and the Polygamy Narrative -- 6 Polygamy and the Law -- 7 The Anna Karenina Principle: Bringing Abuse into the Light -- 8 Poly Families in the Twenty-First Century -- Postscript -- Appendix: Orson Pratt's 27 Rules of Celestial Marriage -- Notes -- Glossary -- References -- Index.

A provocative look at the costs and benefits of polygamy among western fundamentalist Mormon women.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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