| Women of Principle Contributor(s): Bennion, Janet (Author) |
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ISBN: 0195120701 ISBN-13: 9780195120707 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $128.70 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 1998 Annotation: This book offers an in-depth study of the female experience in one Mormon polygynous community, the Apostolic United Brethren. Women in such rigid, patriarchal religious groups are commonly portrayed as the oppressed, powerless victims of male domination. Janet Bennion shows, however, that the reality is far more complex. Many women converts are attracted to this group, and they are much more likely than male converts to remain there. Often these women are seeking improved socio-economic status for themselves and their children, as well as an escape from their marginalized status in the mainstream Mormon church. In the polygynous group women experience rapid assimilation, autonomy, and upward mobility. Bennion supports her study with narratives from the lives of women now living in the group--narratives that clearly reveal why many mainstream Mormon women are viewing polygyny as a viable alternative to the difficulties to single-motherhood, "spinsterhood," poverty, and emotional deprivation. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christianity - Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-day Saints (mormon) - Social Science | Women's Studies - Social Science | Sociology - Marriage & Family |
| Dewey: 306.842 |
| LCCN: 97030463 |
| Lexile Measure: 1350 |
| Physical Information: 0.71" H x 5.88" W x 8.87" (0.89 lbs) 192 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Mormonism/Lds - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book offers an in-depth study of the female experience in one Mormon polygynous community, the Apostolic United Brethren. Women in such rigid, patriarchal religious groups are commonly portrayed as the oppressed, powerless victims of male domination. Janet Bennion shows, however, that the reality is far more complex. Many women converts are attracted to this group, and they are much more likely than male converts to remain there. Often these women are seeking improved socio-economic status for themselves and their children, as well as an escape from their marginalized status in the mainstream Mormon church. In the polygynous group women experience rapid assimilation, autonomy, and upward mobility. Bennion supports her study with narratives from the lives of women now living in the group--narratives that clearly reveal why many mainstream Mormon women are viewing polygyny as a viable alternative to the difficulties to single-motherhood, spinsterhood, poverty, and emotional deprivation. |