| Description |
1 online resource |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- The return of polyandry -- Trajectories into houses -- Fraternal relations -- Female roles -- The house as ritual space -- Moral networks and enduring hierarchies -- Conclusion -- Epilogue -- Appendix. Timeline -- Glossary of Tibetan terms. |
| Summary |
"Tibet is known for its broad range of marriage practices, particularly polyandry, where two or more brothers share one wife. With economic development and massive Chinese social and political reforms, including new marriage laws prohibiting plural marriages, polyandry was expected to disappear from Tibetan social lives. This book describes the surprising increase in polyandry in Panam valley during the 1980s. It explores married lives in polyandrous houses and develops a theory of a flexible kinship of potentiality through the lens of a farming village in Tibet Autonomous Region. It is the first book-length ethnography to explore kinship and marriage in Tibet under Chinese rule"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
JSTOR Books at JSTOR Open Access |
| Subject |
Marriage customs and rites -- China -- Tibet Autonomous Region.
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Marriage customs and rites. |
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China -- Tibet Autonomous Region. |
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Tibetans -- Marriage customs and rites.
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Tibetans -- Marriage customs and rites. |
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Tibetans. |
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Polyandry -- China -- Tibet Autonomous Region.
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Polyandry. |
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Kinship -- China -- Tibet Autonomous Region.
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Kinship. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Fjeld, Heidi. Return of polyandry New York : Berghahn Books, 2022 9781800736078 (DLC) 2022019393 |
| ISBN |
9781800736085 (ebook) |
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1800736088 |
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9781800736078 (hardback) |
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