The Return of Polyandry Kinship and Marriage in Central Tibet

• मुख्य लेखक: Fjeld, Heidi E. (auth)
• स्वरूप: इलेक्ट्रोनिक पुस्तक अध्याय
• भाषा: अंग्रेज़ी
• प्रकाशित: Berghahn Books 2022
• विषय: Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography; Sociology: birth; Anthropology; Sociology; Asian Studies
• ऑनलाइन पहुंच: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

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...