Polygyny And Gender
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Author | : Zamambo V. Mkhize |
Publisher | : Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages | : 184 |
Release | : 2023-12-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1003814662 |
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 | : Zamambo V Mkhize |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2023-12 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781032633930 |
This book examines the construction of gender identity in adults raised in Zulu polygynous families in the Hammarsdale area in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
Author | : Rose McDermott |
Publisher | : Cornell University Press |
Total Pages | : 195 |
Release | : 2018-05-15 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1501714848 |
"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 |
Total Pages | : 193 |
Release | : 2016-10-26 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 081305981X |
"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 | : Zamambo Valentine Mkhize |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 488 |
Release | : 2015 |
Genre | : Gender expression |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Laila S. Shahd |
Publisher | : American Univ in Cairo Press |
Total Pages | : 136 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9789774247668 |
Presents an analysis of the economic, political, social, and cultural reasons for polygyny in rural Egypt
Author | : Walter Matthew Gallichan |
Publisher | : DigiCat |
Total Pages | : 236 |
Release | : 2022-08-10 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : |
Women under Polygamy by Walter Matthew Gallichan is about women in polygamous marriages. Gallichan explores the role of polygamy in various cultures in history. Contents: "The Origin of the Harem, The Ancient Harem, Mohammed and Polygamy, Ancient Jewish Polygamy, The Women of India, The Cult of Women and Love..."
Author | : Heath, Rachel |
Publisher | : Intl Food Policy Res Inst |
Total Pages | : 44 |
Release | : 2018-12-24 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Lillian Tibatemwa-Ekirikubinza |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 72 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Polygamy |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Jan Rüdiger |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 464 |
Release | : 2020-09-25 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9004434577 |
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.