Book
Women of principle: female networking in contemporary Mormon polygyny
Oxford University Press • New York • Published In 1998 • Pages:
By: Bennion, Janet.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source is about the experience of women living in patriarchal polygynous families, why they choose to join, why they choose to stay, and how they cope once married. Focusing on one community in the Allred fundamentalist group, the author discusses the group's socio-religious hierarchy and the incorporation and integration of new members, usually women, and the shedding of others, usually young men. Women join sometimes out of economic necessity having nowhere else to go. The author argues that, in spite of their lack of power, the women stay because of the relationships they form with sister-wives and other women in the community.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Occupational specialization
- Labor supply and employment
- Status, role, and prestige
- Gender status
- Marriage
- Polygamy
- Theological systems
- Ecclesiastical organization
- Adolescent activities
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Mormons
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2018
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southwest and Basin
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard; 2012
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1989-1993
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1989-1993
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- "Harker", Montana, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Janet Bennion
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-173) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 97030463
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Apostolic United Brethren
- Mormon women--United States--Case studies
- Polygamy--United States--Case studies