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Polygamy’s Rights and Wrongs: Perspectives on Harm, Family, and Law

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Description for Polygamy’s Rights and Wrongs: Perspectives on Harm, Family, and Law Paperback. Eleven diverse scholars interrogate the belief that polygamy is inherently harmful, questioning the ways in which society assigns value to family and intimacy, and its right to do so. Editor(s): Calder, Gillian; Beaman, Lori G. Num Pages: 276 pages. BIC Classification: HRAM1; JFM; JHBK; LNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.

Assumptions about the harmful nature of polygamy have left little room for debate, with monogamy coming to represent a hallmark of civil society, and polygamy the immoral alternative. Opponents have argued that polygamy is harmful to women, children, personal freedom, and even national values, and press for prosecution.

Yet in this volume, eleven scholars ask whether this response is justified by examining, among other perspectives, the lived experiences of polygamous families. In essays that fearlessly explore difficult questions of love, choice, and dignity, these historians, legal scholars, political scientists, sociologists, anthropologists, and religious studies scholars, some of whom are personally connected ... Read more

Thoughtful and persuasive, Polygamy’s Rights and Wrongs is both a close consideration of polygamy -- its historical place and its presence in contemporary society -- and a challenging reflection on the ways in which we value family and intimacy.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Vancouver, Canada
ISBN
9780774826167
SKU
V9780774826167
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1

About Gillian Calder (Ed.)
Gillian Calder is an associate professor in the University of Victoria’s Faculty of Law. Lori G. Beaman is the Canada Research Chair in the Contextualization of Religion in a Diverse Canada and a professor in the Department of Classics and Religious Studies at the University of Ottawa. Contributors: Benjamin L. Berger, Martha Bradley-Evans, Angela Campbell, Margaret Denike, Avigail Eisenberg, ... Read more

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