Elite Malay Polygamy - Wives, Wealth and Woes in Malaysia

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.

Sommario

Introduction: Polygamous Anxieties

Chapter 1. Stories

Chapter 2. Elites

Chapter 3. Islam

Chapter 4. Secrets

Chapter 5. Blame

Chapter 6. Husbands

Chapter 7. Wives

Chapter 8. Desires

Chapter 9. Co-wives

Chapter 10. Sharing

Chapter 11. Children

Chapter 12. Families

Chapter 13. Rivals

Chapter 14. Magic

Chapter 15. Divorce

Conclusion: To Be or Not to Be Polygamous

Bibliography

Index

Info autore

Miriam Koktvedgaard Zeitzen is Curator in Modern History and World Cultures at the National Museum of Denmark. She has done extensive research on polygyny in Muslim Southeast Asia and among Mormon fundamentalists in North America, and currently explores polyandry in the Himalayas. Her previous publications include Polygamy: A Cross-Cultural Analysis (Bloomsbury, 2008).

Riassunto

An ethnography of elite polygamy in urban Malaysia, this volume explores the impact this growing practice has on Malay gender relations, examining the varied and often-conflicted polygamy narratives of elite Malay women, who manage their lives and loves under the "threat" of husbands able to marry another woman without their knowledge or consent.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Miriam Koktvedgaard Zeitzen, Miriam Koktvedgaard Zeitzen, Zeitzen Miriam Koktvedgaard
• Editore: BERGHAHN BOOKS, INC
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 30.09.2018
• EAN: 9781785339905
• ISBN: 978-1-78533-990-5
• Pagine: 268
• Serie: Fertility, Reproduction and Se; Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality: Social and Cultural Perspectives; Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality: Social and Cultural Perspectives
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze sociali, tematiche generali; Malaysia, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social and cultural anthropology, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls