Modern Polygamy in the United States
Historical, Cultural, and Legal Issues
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 17 March 2011
- ISBN 9780199746378
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages384 pages
- Size 163x236x30 mm
- Weight 635 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
This book reveals the history and culture of polygamous groups located primarily in the western parts of the United States. The contributors to this volume are historians, anthropologists, and sociologists familiar with the various groups. Together, these authors provide a much needed understanding of the surprisingly large number of groups and individuals who live a quiet polygamous life style in the United States.
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Few people realize that polygamy continues to exist in the United States. Thus, world-wide attention focused on the State of Texas in 2008 as agents surrounded the compound of The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (FLDS) and took custody of more than 400 children. Several members of this schismatic religious group, whose women adorned themselves in ¨prairie dresses,¨ admitted to practicing polygamy. The state justified the raid on charges that underage marriage was being forced on young women. A year later, however, all but one of the children had been returned to their parents and only ten men were charged with crimes, some barely related to the original charges. This book reveals the history, culture, and sometimes an insider's look at the polygamous groups located primarily in the western parts of the United States.
The contributors to this volume are historians, anthropologists, and sociologists familiar with the various groups. A legal scholar also addresses the legality of the Texas raid and a geneticist examines the paternity issues. Together, these authors provide a much needed understanding of the surprisingly large number of groups and individuals who live a quiet polygamous life style in the United States.
This well-balanced collection by historians, social scientists, and legal scholars, most of them established experts, provides a comprehensive treatment of the FLDS and other contemporary polygamous cultures in North America. The authors examine religious and other rationales for this way of life that are offered by both male and female participants, and present candid critiques both of the polygamous communities and of their antagonists in law enforcement and in the mass media.
Table of Contents:
Prologue and Introduction: The Incident At Eldorado, Texas Cardell K. Jacobson and Lara Burton
Section 1: Historical and Cultural Patterns of Polygamy in the United States: Estranged Groups
A Repeat of History: A Comparison of the Short Creek and El Dorado Raids on the FLDS Martha Sonntag Bradley
One Vision: The Making, Unmaking, and Remaking of a Fundamentalist Polygamous Community Heber B. Hammon and William Jankowiak
Life Among the FLDS: Not Perfect, But Not Deluded and Not Monsters Ken Driggs
History, Culture, and Variability of Mormon Schismatic Groups Janet Bennion
Differing Polygamous Patterns: Nineteenth Century LDS and Twenty-First Century FLDS Marriage Systems Kathryn Daynes
Section 2: Social Scientists Examine Polygamy and the Seizure of the FLDS Children
Demographic, Social and Economic Characteristics of a Polygamist Community Tim B. Heaton and Cardell K. Jacobson
The Many Faces of Polygamy: An Analysis of the Variability in Modern Mormon Fundamentalism in the Intermountain West Janet Bennion
"What's Love Got to Do with It?": Earthly Experience of Celestial Marriage, Past and Present Carrie A. Miles
Social Scientific Perspectives on the FLDS Raid and the Corresponding Media Coverage Ryan T. Cragun and Michael Nielsen
Learning the Wrong Lessons: A Comparison of FLDS, Family International, and Branch Davidian Child-Protection Interventions Gary Shepherd and Gordon Shepherd
The International Fight Against Barbarism: Historical and Comparative Perspectives on Marriage Timing, Consent, and Polygamy. Arland Thornton
Section 3: Legal and Ethical Issues Surrounding the Seizure of the FLDS Children
The Intricacies and Ethics of Parental Genetic Testing Deborah L. Cragun and Ryan T. Cragun
Child Protection Law and the FLDS Raid in Texas Linda F. Smith
