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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Auteur principal: Fjeld, Heidi E. (auth)
Format: Électronique Chapitre de livre
Langue:anglais
Publié: Berghahn Books 2022
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Résumé: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.
ISBN:j.ctv2vr8tr2
9781800738645
9781800736078
Accès:Open Access