Polygyny
Subtitle: what it means when African American Muslim women share their husbands
By: Debra Majeed
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 193
ISBN-13: 9780813060774; 9780813054063
Subjects: Polygyny; Man-woman relationships; African American women; Muslim women
Description: Debra Majeed's ethnography of contemporary African American Muslim polygyny illuminates the varieties of and struggles within a type of family whose form and function is contrary to U.S. civil law.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-183) and index.
Table of contents: title: The road to understanding polygyny; title: Agency and authority in polygyny; title: Religious and experiential prescriptions; title: Legalities and emotional well-being; title: Imam Mohammed's commentary on polygyny; title: Mental health and living polygyny; title: Afterword : Muslim womanist praxis and polygyny.