POLYGAMOUS WAYS OF LIFE PAST AND PRESENT IN AFRICA AND EUROPE | POLYGAME LEBENSWEISEN IN VERGANGENHEIT UND GEGENWART IN AFRIKA UND EUROPA

POLYGAMOUS WAYS OF LIFE PAST AND PRESENT IN AFRICA AND EUROPE | POLYGAME LEBENSWEISEN IN VERGANGENHEIT UND GEGENWART IN AFRIKA UND EUROPA PDF Author: Henry Kam Kah
Publisher: LIT Verlag
ISBN: 3643961421
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 422

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Book Description
Polygamy is a very complex phenomenon with a long tradition in Africa, but also in Europe. The anthology will contribute to the objectification of the discussion by portraying the variety of polygamous lifestyles showing the interconnections of family structure, social and economic conditions, cultural representations (especially in fictive writing and oral tradition), spiritual meaning and religious legitimation of this way of life between traditional belief, Christianity and Islam. Case studies from different countries in Africa south of the Sahara will be added by historic examples since antiquity in Europe up to the discussion in present times.