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Elite Malay Polygamy: Wives, Wealth and Woes in Malaysia

Elite Malay Polygamy: Wives, Wealth and Woes in Malaysia

Zeitzen, Miriam Koktvedgaard

Hardcover

Series: Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality: Social and Cultural P, Book 41

IslamAnthropologyGeneral Gender Studies

ISBN10: 1785339907
ISBN13: 9781785339905
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: Sep 14 2018
Pages: 268
Weight: 1.25
Height: 0.80 Width: 6.20 Depth: 9.10
Language: English

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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