New Religions and the Mediation of Non-Monogamy: Polyamory, Polygamy, and Reality Television

Intro -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Image credits -- Preface -- Note -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Researching "swingers" and "saints" on exhibit -- Who are these swingers and saints on exhibit? Populations discuss...

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Main Author: Mueller, Michelle (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Milton Taylor & Francis Group 2021
In:Year: 2021
Series/Journal:Gender, Theology and Spirituality Ser.
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B USA / Reality television programs / New religion / Interpersonal relationship / Bonding theory (Psychology) / Polygamy
Further subjects:B Interpersonal relations-Religious aspects
B Non-monogamous relationships-United States
B United States
B Reality television programs-United States
B Electronic books
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
Parallel Edition:Non-electronic
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Summary:Intro -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Image credits -- Preface -- Note -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Researching "swingers" and "saints" on exhibit -- Who are these swingers and saints on exhibit? Populations discussed in this book-scope, terminology, and demography -- Snowdens-New Age polygamists (spiritual seekers from Seeking Sister Wife) -- Dwayne Mooney &amp -- Billie Jordan-Tantric polyamorists who err on the side of traditional gender roles (Newlyweds: The First Year) -- Kimballs-plural family converted from LDS/monogamy -- Williamses-(ex-Mormon) polygynists by circumstance (My Five Wives) -- Gwydion Pendderwen and the Five Widows-polyamory with an appearance of polygyny -- Joe Exotic and his two husbands-gay polyandry (Tiger King) -- Chris Penczak, Steve Kenson, &amp -- Adam Sartwell-Pagan poly men -- Morrisons-Mormon fundamentalists living in a communal utopia ... inside a rock (Three Wives One Husband) -- KamalaDevi and the Superpod-NeoTantric kinky queer polycule (Polyamory: Married &amp -- Dating) -- Recalibrating our readings of polyamory and polygamy -- Polyamory in the USA -- Polygamy in the USA -- Terms and discourse -- Poly" + "polyg" = "poly(g") -- Fundamentalist Mormon" versus "LDS Mormon" or "mainline Mormon -- Fundamentalist" and "progressive"? Unpacking overdetermined language -- Intersections -- Similarities in philosophical ideals and spiritual beliefs -- Racial similarity, class difference -- Parallel political interests -- Media engagement -- Key theories and frames from non-monogamy studies -- Consensual non-monogamy (CNM), compulsory monogamy, and mono-normativity -- Poly-affectivity -- Methodology -- Book scope -- Notes -- 1. Twenty-first-century Mormon fundamentalism: Ethnographic observations.
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ISBN:0429590679