Polygyny And Gender

Author : Zamambo V. Mkhize
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2023-12-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781003814665

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Polygyny and Gender by Zamambo V. Mkhize Pdf

The people of Africa have contrasting perspectives on gender, feminism, and the family from their Western counterparts. Similarly, social structures like, religion, capitalism and the law require a context-specific application to polygyny. This book examines the construction of gender identity in adults raised in Zulu polygynous families in the Hammarsdale area in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It highlights the complexities of gender identities as participants negotiate between modern, constitutional, and individual freedoms and patriarchal, cultural, and communal customs and traditions. The themes also point towards the argument between individuality and collectivism in the creation of gender identity within polygynous families in Zulu culture. The South African Constitution guarantees gender equality and individual rights and freedoms for its citizens, yet customary law practices, like polygyny, appear to contravene these principles. The participants reveal that although women and men experience different consequences, they cite similar prevalent factors like gender role socialisation, naming practices and the doctrine of seniority, influencing their gender identity construction. Print edition not for sale in Sub Saharan Africa.

Author : Rose McDermott
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2018-05-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781501714849

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The Evils of Polygyny by Rose McDermott Pdf

"One powerful structural factor which enforces and replicates patterns of male dominance is the practice of polygyny, which is shown by data to be harmful to women, children, men, and society"--

Author : Debra Majeed
Publisher : University Press of Florida
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2016-10-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780813059815

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Polygyny by Debra Majeed Pdf

"Captivating, provocative, and groundbreaking. Taking up the mandate that women's realities matter, Majeed writes with depth and analytical rigor about a topic we have scarcely begun to understand."--Amina Wadud, author of Inside The Gender Jihad "Tackles the contours and intimacies of a much practiced but seldom spoken about quasi-marriage that leaves women without legal support. A much-needed text on an extremely sensitive topic. Majeed excavates this terrain with finesse and a deft scholarly hand."--Aminah Beverly McCloud, coeditor of An Introduction to Islam in the 21st Century "Utilizes ethnographic research methods to imaginatively and constructively complexify the reality of polygyny in the lives of African American Muslim women."--Linda Elaine Thomas, author of Under the Canopy "Majeed's womanist approach is critical, yet balanced enough to include the concerns of women, men, and children, affording readers a broad and vital gaze into the lives of these unconventional households."--Zain Abdullah, author of Black Mecca "A powerful and long overdue study of polygyny in African American Muslim communities."--Shabana Mir, author of Muslim American Women on Campus Debra Majeed sheds light on families whose form and function conflict with U.S. civil law. Polygyny--multiple-wife marriage--has steadily emerged as an alternative to the low numbers of marriageable African American men and the high number of female-led households in black America. This book features the voices of women who welcome polygyny, oppose it, acquiesce to it, or even negotiate power in its practices. Majeed examines the choices available to African American Muslim women who are considering polygyny or who are living it. She calls attention to the ways in which interpretations of Islam's primary sources are authorized or legitimated to regulate the rights of Muslim women. Highlighting the legal, emotional, and communal implications of polygyny, Majeed encourages Muslim communities to develop formal measures that ensure the welfare of women and children who are otherwise not recognized by the state.

Author : Lillian Tibatemwa-Ekirikubinza
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Polygamy
ISBN : STANFORD:36105122233724

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Gender and Human Rights by Lillian Tibatemwa-Ekirikubinza Pdf

Author : Sarah Mosoetsa
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2011-04-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781868147861

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Eating from One Pot by Sarah Mosoetsa Pdf

As poverty and unemployment deepen in contemporary South Africa, the burning question becomes, how do the poor survive? Eating from One Pot provides a compelling answer. Based on intensive fieldwork, it shows how many African households are on the brink of collapse. That they keep going at all can largely be attributed to the struggles of older women against poverty. They are the fulcrum on which household survival turns. This book describes how households in two different areas in KwaZulu-Natal are sites of both stability and conflict. As one of the interviewees put it: ‘We eat from one pot and should always help each other.’ Yet the stability of family networks is becoming fragile because of the enormous burden placed on them by unemployment and unequal power relations. Through careful analysis, the experiences of survival are discussed in relation to the restructuring of the country's welfare and social policies, and the extension of social grants. Mosoetsa argues that these policies shape the livelihoods that people pursue in order to survive under desperate conditions, but fail to address the root causes of poverty and inequality.

Author : Caroline Dryden
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Feminist psychology
ISBN : 0415165598

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Being Married, Doing Gender by Caroline Dryden Pdf

In a series of interviews on the distribution of chores related to the home and family, Caroline Dryden explores the reality of gender roles in heterosexual relationships today.

Author : Janet Bennion,Lisa Fishbayn Joffe
Publisher : University Press of Colorado
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2016-03-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780874219975

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The Polygamy Question by Janet Bennion,Lisa Fishbayn Joffe Pdf

The practice of polygamy occupies a unique place in North American history and has had a profound effect on its legal and social development. The Polygamy Question explores the ways in which indigenous and immigrant polygamy have shaped the lives of individuals, communities, and the broader societies that have engaged with it. The book also considers how polygamy challenges our traditional notions of gender and marriage and how it might be effectively regulated to comport with contemporary notions of justice. The contributors to this volume—scholars of law, anthropology, sociology, political science, economics, and religious studies—disentangle diverse forms of polygamy and polyamory practiced among a range of religious and national backgrounds including Mormon and Muslim. They chart the harms and benefits these models have on practicing women, children, and men, whether they are independent families or members of coherent religious groups. Contributors also address the complexities of evaluating this form of marriage and the ethical and legal issues surrounding regulation of the practice, including the pros and cons of legalization. Plural marriage is the next frontier of North American marriage law and possibly the next civil rights battlefield. Students and scholars interested in polygamy, marriage, and family will find much of interest in The Polygamy Question. Contributors include Kerry Abrams, Martha Bailey, Lori Beaman, Janet Bennion, Jonathan Cowden, Shoshana Grossbard, Melanie Heath, Debra Majeed, Rose McDermott, Sarah Song, and Maura Irene Strassberg.

Author : Miriam Koktvedgaard Zeitzen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2020-06-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000183344

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Polygamy by Miriam Koktvedgaard Zeitzen Pdf

Forms of plural marriage, or polygamy, are practiced within most of the world's cultures and religions. The amazing variation, versatility and adaptability of polygamy underscore that it is not just an exotic non-Western practice, but also exists in modern Western societies. Polygamy: A Cross-cultural Analysis provides an examination and analysis of historical and contemporary polygamy. It outlines polygamy's place in anthropological theory and its rich sociocultural diversity in countries ranging from the USA and UK to Malaysia, India, regions of Africa and Tibet. Polygamy also addresses often difficult and controversial issues facing modern polygamists, such as prejudice, HIV/AIDS and women's emancipation. Polygamy: A Cross-cultural Analysis offers an anthropological overview of the fascinating yet often misunderstood institution of polygamy.

Author : Paulina Chiziane
Publisher : Archipelago
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2016-08-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780914671497

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The First Wife by Paulina Chiziane Pdf

After twenty years of marriage, Rami discovers that her husband has been living a double--or rather, a quintuple--life. Tony, a senior police officer in Maputo, has apparently been supporting four other families for many years. Rami remains calm in the face of her husband's duplicity and plots to make an honest man out of him. After Tony is forced to marry the four other women--as well as an additional lover--according to polygamist custom, the rival lovers join together to declare their voices and demand their rights. In this brilliantly funny and feverishly scathing critique, a major work from Mozambique's first published female novelist, Paulina Chiziane explores her country's traditional culture, its values and hypocrisy, and the subjection of women the world over.

Author : Heath, Rachel,Hidrobo, Melissa,Roy, Shalini
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2018-12-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Cash transfers, polygamy, and intimate partner violence: Experimental evidence from Mali by Heath, Rachel,Hidrobo, Melissa,Roy, Shalini Pdf

Author : Miriam Koktvedgaard Zeitzen
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2018-09-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781785339912

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Elite Malay Polygamy by Miriam Koktvedgaard Zeitzen Pdf

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.

Author : Jan Rüdiger
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2020-09-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004434578

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All the King’s Women: Polygyny and Politics in Europe, 900–1250 by Jan Rüdiger Pdf

In All the King’s Women Jan Rüdiger investigates medieval elite polygyny and its ‘uses’ in Northern Europe with a comparative perspective on England and France as well as Iberia.

Author : Melanie Heath
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2012-04-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780814737125

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One Marriage Under God by Melanie Heath Pdf

The meaning and significance of the institution of marriage has engendered angry and boisterous battles across the United States. This book uncovers broad cultural anxieties that fuel on-the-ground practices to reinforce a boundary of heterosexual marriage, questioning why marriage has become an issue of pervasive national preoccupation and anxiety.

Author : Nomkhosi Xulu-Gama
Publisher : University of Kwazulu Natal Press
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Men
ISBN : 186914371X

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Hostels in South Africa by Nomkhosi Xulu-Gama Pdf

"National Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences."

Author : Professor Ifi Amadiume
Publisher : Zed Books Ltd.
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2015-03-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781783603343

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Male Daughters, Female Husbands by Professor Ifi Amadiume Pdf

In 1987, more than a decade before the dawn of queer theory, Ifi Amadiume wrote Male Daughters, Female Husbands, to critical acclaim. This compelling and highly original book frees the subject position of 'husband' from its affiliation with men, and goes on to do the same for other masculine attributes, dislocating sex, gender and sexual orientation. Boldly arguing that the notion of gender, as constructed in Western feminist discourse, did not exist in Africa before the colonial imposition of a dichotomous understanding of sexual difference, Male Daughters, Female Husbands examines the structures in African society that enabled people to achieve power, showing that roles were not rigidly masculinized nor feminized. At a time when gender and queer theory are viewed by some as being stuck in an identity-politics rut, this outstanding study not only warns against the danger of projecting a very specific, Western notion of difference onto other cultures, but calls us to question the very concept of gender itself.