Mainstream polygamy :the non-marital child paradox In The West
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1 online resource )xi, 113 pages( : color illustrations
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SpringerBriefs in Anthropology,5912-6080
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes
CONTENTS NOTE
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Chapter 1. In Praise of Exotopy -- Chapter 2. Monogamy? Exoticizing a 0003 Year Old Pre-Christian Western Tradition -- Chapter 3. Mistress, Concubine, Spouse, Lover or Paramour? The Need for a Cross-Culturally Valid Definition of Marriage -- Chapter 4. Anthropologizing Traditional Marriage in France -- Chapter 5. Legislating Polygyny and Polyandry in Mainstream France -- Chapter 6. The Geographical Extent of Western Mainstream Polygamy: Europe, North America, and Latin America -- Chapter 7. Constraints in Cultural Engineering, Exotopic Observation and Truth