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Polygyny what it means when African American Muslim women share their husbands

Title: Polygyny [electronic resource] : what it means when African American Muslim women share their husbands / Debra Majeed.
Author: Majeed, Debra.
Publication: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2015]

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Description

1 online resource (xv, 193 pages)

Summary

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.

Uniform Title

Polygyny (Online)

Alternative Title

Polygyny (Online)

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Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-183) and index.

Access (note)

Access restricted to authorized users.

Contents

The road to understanding polygyny -- Agency and authority in polygyny -- Religious and experiential prescriptions -- Legalities and emotional well-being -- Imam Mohammed's commentary on polygyny -- Mental health and living polygyny -- Afterword: Muslim womanist praxis and polygyny.

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