Anthropology, Department of
Date of this Version
1996
Abstract
This paper focuses on the power possessed by polygynous women within the domestic sphere. comparing women in wealth increasing polygynous societies (represented by the Swazi of Africa and the Mormons of North America) with women in sororal polygynous societies (represented by the Mardudjara of Australia and the Achuar of South America) in an effort to determine which of these patterns is related to greater domestic power for women.
Comments
Published in Nebraska Anthropologist Vol. 13 (1996-1997). Copyright © Michelle J. Lundeen; published by The University of Nebraska-Lincoln AnthroGroup.