| Description |
xiv, 301 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
From cultural traits to global processes: methods for a critical comparative ethnography -- Geography of desire: social space, sexual projects, and the organization of extramarital sex in rural Mexico / Jennifer S. Hirsch -- Gender inequality, infidelity, and the social risks of modern marriage in Nigeria / Daniel Jordan Smith -- Eaten ones fill and all stirred up: Doi Moi and the re-configuration of masculine sexual risk and men's extramarital sex in Vietnam / Harriet M. Phinney -- Whip him in the head with a stick! Marriage, male infidelity, and female confrontation among the Huli / Holly Wardlow -- Going public: modern wives , men's infidelity and marriage in East Central Uganda / Shanti Parikh -- Conclusion: "World enough and time": navigating opportunities and risks in the landscape of desire. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Subject |
Marriage -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Marriage -- Cross-cultural studies. |
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Marriage. |
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Adultery -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Adultery. |
| Genre/Form |
Cross-cultural studies.
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| Subject |
Marital conflict -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Marital conflict. |
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Husbands -- Sexual behavior -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Husbands -- Sexual behavior. |
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Husbands. |
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HIV infections -- Cross-cultural studies.
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HIV infections. |
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Marriage. |
| Added Author |
Hirsch, Jennifer S.
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| ISBN |
9780826516824 cloth alkaline paper |
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0826516823 cloth alkaline paper |
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9780826516831 paperback |
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0826516831 paperback |
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