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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.



Table of Contents

Introduction: Polygamous Anxieties

Chapter 1. Stories
Chapter 2. Elites
Chapter 3. Islam
Chapter 4. Secrets
Chapter 5. Blame
Chapter 6. Husbands
Chapter 7. Wives
Chapter 8. Desires
Chapter 9. Co-wives
Chapter 10. Sharing
Chapter 11. Children
Chapter 12. Families
Chapter 13. Rivals
Chapter 14. Magic
Chapter 15. Divorce

Conclusion: To Be or Not to Be Polygamous

Bibliography
Index

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      Publisher: Berghahn Books
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 14/09/2018
      ISBN13: 9781785339905, 978-1785339905
      ISBN10: 1785339907

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      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.



      Table of Contents

      Introduction: Polygamous Anxieties

      Chapter 1. Stories
      Chapter 2. Elites
      Chapter 3. Islam
      Chapter 4. Secrets
      Chapter 5. Blame
      Chapter 6. Husbands
      Chapter 7. Wives
      Chapter 8. Desires
      Chapter 9. Co-wives
      Chapter 10. Sharing
      Chapter 11. Children
      Chapter 12. Families
      Chapter 13. Rivals
      Chapter 14. Magic
      Chapter 15. Divorce

      Conclusion: To Be or Not to Be Polygamous

      Bibliography
      Index

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