Elite Malay Polygamy : Wives, Wealth and Woes in Malaysia

Name: Elite Malay Polygamy
Brand: Berghahn Books
SKU: 9781807580322
Price: 5050 KES
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ISBN: 9781807580322

by Miriam Koktvedgaard Zeitzen

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Format Paperback / softback

Book Series Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality: Social and Cultural Perspectives

ISBN-10 1807580326

ISBN-13 9781807580322

Publisher Berghahn Books

Imprint Berghahn Books

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Jul 1st, 2026

Print length 268 Pages

Product Classification: Gender studies: women and girls Gender studies: women Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography Social and cultural anthropology

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Ethnography of elite polygamy as lived practice. Exploring internal dynamics of elite kinship in Muslim Southeast Asia. Uncovering changing elite gender relations in Muslim Southeast Asia.

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.

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