Elite Malay polygamy : wives, wealth and woes in Malaysia / Miriam Koktvedgaard Zeitzen.
- 作者: Zeitzen, Miriam Koktvedgaard author.
- 其他題名:
- Wives, wealth and woes in Malaysia
- Fertility, reproduction and sexuality
- 出版: New York : Berghahn Books 2018.
- 叢書名: Fertility, reproduction and sexuality ;volume 41
- 主題: Polygamy , Religious aspectsIslam. , Polygamy--Malaysia--Kuala Lumpur. , Polygamy--Religious aspects--Islam.
- 版本:First edition.
- ISBN: 9781785339905 (hardcover :alkaline paper): NT$3576 、 1785339907 (hardcover :alkaline paper) 、 9781785339912 (ebook)
- 書目註:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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讀者標籤:
- 系統號: 005013639 | 機讀編目格式
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摘要註
"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"--
內容註
Introduction : Polygamous anxieties -- Stories -- Elites -- Islam -- Secrets -- Blame -- Husbands -- Wives -- Desires -- Co-wives -- Sharing -- Children -- Families -- Rivals -- Magic -- Divorce -- Conclusion : to be or not to polygamous.