UID:
edocfu_9961541270102883
Format:
1 online resource (232 p.)
ISBN:
9781800738645
Content:
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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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Figures --
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Preface --
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Acknowledgements --
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Notes on Tibetan Terms --
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Introduction --
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Chapter 1 The Return of Polyandry --
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Chapter 2 Trajectories to House Membership --
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Chapter 3 Fraternal Relations --
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Chapter 4 Female Roles --
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Chapter 5 The House as Ritual Space --
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Chapter 6 Moral Networks and Enduring Hierarchies --
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Conclusion --
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Epilogue --
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Appendix --
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Glossary of Tibetan Terms --
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References --
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Index
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In English.
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9781800738645
