The Return of Polyandry Kinship and Marriage in Central Tibet
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...
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| Format: | Electronic Book Chapter |
| Language: | English |
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Berghahn Books
2022
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| Summary: | 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 social lives. This book takes as its starting point the surprising increase in polyandry in Panam valley from the 1980s. It explores married lives in polyandrous houses and develops a theory of a flexible kinship of potentiality through the lens of a farming village in Tibet Autonomous Region. |
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| ISBN: | j.ctv2vr8tr2 9781800738645 9781800736078 |
| Access: | Open Access |