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PublisherKofford Books, Incorporated, Greg

ISBN-101589580982

ISBN-139781589580985

eBay Product ID (ePID)53947472

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Number of Pages239 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameMormon Polygamous Families : Life in the Principle

SubjectChristianity / Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormon), Sociology / Marriage & Family

Publication Year2008

TypeTextbook

AuthorJessie L. Embry

Subject AreaReligion, Social Science

FormatHardcover

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2016-498171

Dewey Edition19

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal306.8/423

SynopsisMormons and non-Mormons all have their views about how polygamy was practiced in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Jessie L. Embry has examined the participants themselves in order to understand how men and women living a nineteenth-century Victorian lifestyle adapted to polygamy. Based on records and oral histories with husbands, wives, and children who lived in Mormon polygamous households, this study explores the diverse experiences of individual families and stereotypes about polygamy.The interviews are in some cases the only sources of primary information on how plural families were organized. In addition, children from monogamous families who grew up during the same period were interviewed to form a comparison group. When carefully examined, most of the stereotypes about polygamous marriages do not hold true. In this work it becomes clear that Mormon polygamous families were not much different from Mormon monogamous families and non-Mormon families of the same era. Embry offers a new perspective on the Mormon practice of polygamy that enables readers to gain better understanding of Mormonism historically., Towering billboards featuring photorealistic portraits of popular cinema stars and political leaders dominated the cityscape of Chennai, in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu, throughout the second half of the twentieth century. Studying the manufacture and reception of these billboards--known locally as banners and cutouts--within the context of the entwined histories of the cinema industry and political parties in Tamil Nadu, Preminda Jacob reveals the broader significance of these fragments of visual culture beyond their immediate function as pretty pieces of advertising. Jacob analyzes the juxtaposition of cinematic and political imagery in the extra-cinematic terrain of Chennai's city streets and how this placement was pivotal to the elevation of regional celebrities to cult status. When interpreting these images and discussing their political and cultural resonance within the Tamil Nadu community, Jacob draws upon multiple perspectives to give appropriate context to this fascinating form of visual media.

LC Classification NumberHQ988