The polygamy question / edited by Janet Bennion, Lisa Fishbayn Joffe.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"This is a multi-national, multi-disciplinary work of scholarship exploring the variability within polygamy. This volume disentangles diverse forms of polygamy and polyamory charting the harms and benefits these models have on practicing men, women, and children whether they are independent individuals or members of fundamentalist communities"-- Provided by publisher.

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Introduction -- Janet Bennion and Lisa Fishbayn Joffe; Section I: Identifying the Harms and Benefits of Polygamy; 1. Polygamy in Nineteenth-Century America -- Sarah Song; 2. Opposing Polygamy: A Matter of Equality or Patriarchy? -- Lori G. Beaman; 3. The Variable Impact of Mormon Polygyny on Women and Children -- Janet Bennion; 4. Ethics of Sisterhood: African American Muslim Women and Polygyny -- Debra Majeed; 5. An Economist's Perspective on Polygyny -- Shoshana Grossbard; 6. The Effect of Polygyny on Women, Children, and the State -- Rose McDermott and Jonathan Cowden.

Section II: Regulating Polygamy7. Testing the Limits of Religious Freedom: The Case of Polygamy's Criminalization in Canada -- Melanie Heath; 8. Distinguishing Polygyny and Polyfidelity under the Criminal Law -- Maura Irene Strassberg; 9. Polygamy Today: A Case for Qualified Recognition -- Sarah Song; 10. Should Polygamy Be a Crime? -- Martha Bailey; 11. (Mis)recognizing Polygamy -- Kerry Abrams; Contributors; Index.

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