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Women of Principle

Female Networking in Contemporary Mormon Polygyny

by Janet Bennion (assistant Professor Of Socio-cultural Anthropology, Assistant Professor Of Socio-cultural Anthropology, University Of Maine)

  • Hardback
  • 192 pages
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • 14 x 21.6 x 1.5 cm

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For women interested in religious community dynamics

Challenges stereotypes of oppressed women in polygamy

You will gain insights into women's agency and choices

This book explores the complex lives of women in Mormon polygyny.

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This book offers an in-depth study of the female experience in one Mormon polygynous community, the Apostolic United Brethren. Women in such rigid, patriarchal religious groups are commonly portrayed as the oppressed, powerless victims of male domination. Janet Bennion show, however, that the reality is far more complex. Many women converts are attracted to this group, and they are much more likely than male converts to remain there. Often these women are seeking improved socio-economic status for themselves and their children, as well as an escape from their marginalized status in the mainstream Mormon church. In the polygynous group women experience rapid assimilation, autonomy, and upward mobility. Bennion supports her study with narratives from the lives of women now living in the group-narratives that clearly reveal why many mainstream Mormon women are viewing polygyny as a viable alternative to the difficulties to single-motherhood, "spinsterhood," poverty, and emotional deprivation.
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  • Author

    Janet Bennion (assistant Professor Of Socio-cultural Anthropology, Assistant Professor Of Socio-cultural Anthropology, University Of Maine)

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Oxford University Press

  • Published

    October 1998

  • Weight

    395g

  • Page Count

    192

  • Dimensions

    14 x 21.6 x 1.5 cm

  • ISBN

    9780195120707

  • ISBN-10

    0195120701

  • Eden Code

    1146754

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