The Return of Polyandry
Kinship and Marriage in Central Tibet
Seiten
2024
Berghahn Books (Verlag)
978-1-80539-719-9 (ISBN)
Berghahn Books (Verlag)
978-1-80539-719-9 (ISBN)
Tibet is known for its broad range of marriage practices, particularly polyandry, where two or more brothers share one wife. With economic development and massive Chinese social and political reforms, including new marriage laws prohibiting plural marriages, polyandry was expected to disappear from Tibetan communities. This book takes as its starting point the surprising increase in polyandry in Panam valley from the 1980s.
Heidi E. Fjeld is Professor in Medical Anthropology at the Institute of Health and Society, University of Oslo. She is part of EATWELL, a radically interdisciplinary project on food systems in Bhutan, and the author of Commoners and Nobles: Hereditary Divisions in Tibet (NIAS, 2005).
List of Figures
Preface
Acknowledgements
Notes on Tibetan terms
Introduction
Chapter 1. The Return of Polyandry
Chapter 2. Trajectories into Houses
Chapter 3. Fraternal Relations
Chapter 4. Female Roles
Chapter 5. The House as Ritual Space
Chapter 6. Moral Networks and enduring Hierarchies
Conclusion
Epilogue
Appendix: Timeline
Glossary of Tibetan Terms
References
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 10.09.2024 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Oxford |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-80539-719-2 / 1805397192 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-80539-719-9 / 9781805397199 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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