POLYANDRY

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books on: Polyandry  - 827 results

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The Basic Values in Law: A Study of the Ethico-Legal Implications of Psychology and Anthropology
Book by Thomas E. Davitt; Marquette University Press, 1978
Subjects: Ethnological Jurisprudence
...the groups now reported as practicing polyandry are the Sinhalese in Ceylon, the Thandans...one of the best known groups practicing polyandry, several brothers who live together...spends a month or so with each of them. Polyandry should be distinguished from wife-lending...
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The History of Human Marriage - Vol. 3
Book by Edward Westermarck; Macmillan, 1921
Subjects: Marriage Customs And Rites--Africa, Marriage--History
...marriage in the future? p. 105 sq. CHAPTER XXIX POLYANDRY Polyandry including access to another mans wife in America...pp. 111 - 116 . Fraternal, or chiefly fraternal, polyandry in India , pp. 116 - 131 . In Ceylon , pp. 131...
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Biosociology: An Emerging Paradigm
Book by Anthony Walsh; Praeger Publishers, 1995
Subjects: Human Behavior, Sociobiology
polyandry is something of a biological mystery...the only mammals known to practice it. Polyandry is typically, but not exclusively...Todas of southern India where fraternal polyandry is practiced by the lower classes, it...
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Tibet, Self, and the Tibetan Diaspora
Book by P. Christiaan Klieger; Brill, 2002
Subjects: Tibet (China)--Civilization--Congresses, Tibet (China)--History--Congresses, Tibetans--Congresses
...and living outside Dharamsala, in one case it was pseudo- polyandry and in the last case it was unaware-polyandry. The latter terms I constructed in order to label types of polyandry not previously discussed in literature. In Dharamsala one...
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Polygamy: A Cross-Cultural Analysis
Book by Miriam Koktvedgaard Zeitzen; Berg, 2008
Subjects: Polygamy--Cross-Cultural Studies, Polygamy--History
...it should be the defining criteria of polyandry, has created a range of explanatory...range are the very loose definitions of polyandry that defines it as one woman mating with...one man only. This would render true polyandry very rare, and many of the practices...
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journal articles on: Polyandry  - 99 results

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On a Panhuman Preference for Monandry: Is Polyandry an Exception?
Journal article by Alan Trevithick; Journal of Comparative Family Studies, Vol. 28, 1997
Subjects: Ethnology--Research, Manners and customs--Tibet, Polyandry--Analysis, Tibet--Social aspects
...panhuman preference for monandry: is polyandry an exception? by Alan Trevithick INTRODUCTION...only exception to marital monandry - polyandry(2) - is 1) vanishingly rare, 2...will however also examine features of polyandry as it has been encountered in other cases...
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The Function of Multiple Mating by Female Promethea Moths, Callosamia Promethea (Drury) (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae)
Journal article by Eugene S. Morton; The American Midland Naturalist, Vol. 162, 2009
Subjects: Adults, Animal behavior, Birds, Eggs, Females, Trees
...multiple mating in males, the benefits of polyandry are more puzzling. Research has focused...Some functions proposed to favor polyandry include insuring an adequate sperm supply...reduction of male harassment function of polyandry and evolutionary consequences (reviewed...
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Genetics of Mating and Sex Determination in the Parasitic Nematode Haemonchus Contortus
Journal article by Elizabeth Redman, Victoria Grillo, Gary Saunders, Erica Packard, Frank Jackson, Matt Berriman, John Stuart Gilleard; Genetics, Vol. 180, 2008
Subjects: Drug resistance, Parasitic protozoa, Parasitology, Studies, Worms
...of X chromosome haplotypes to analyze polyandry: The ability to study the inheritance...respectively. This confirms the finding of polyandry from the autosomal marker analysis and...X chromosome markers demonstrate that polyandry occurs in H. contortus with a single...
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Kin Recognition in Aleochara Bilineata Could Support the Kinship Theory of Genomic Imprinting
Journal article by Anne Lizé, Anne Marie Cortesero, Anne Atlan, Denis Poinsot; Genetics, Vol. 175, 2007
Subjects: Animal behavior, Competition, Genetics, Males
...will depend partly on the polygyny and polyandry rates, but also on how females distribute...true formaternal genes in the case of polyandry. In both cases, if refraining to compete...conditions, an imbalance between polygyny and polyandry rates is possible in this species. To...
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Pretty Girl Murdered
Journal article by Hasanthika Sirisena; Women's Studies Quarterly, Vol. 34, 2006
Subjects: Buddhism, Cultural anthropology, Developing countries--LDCs, Feminism, Freedoms, Sri Lanka, Womens studies
...sexual freedom by engaging in fraternal polyandry. The British colonial regime was scandalized by the reports of polyandry and binna marriage. While they were...right to inheritance. As for the polyandry, studies done by the anthropologist...
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magazine articles on: Polyandry  - 38 results

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Dravidian Dream: Rupert Isaacson Visits Tamil Nadu, Where He Finds Some of India's Most Spectacular Temples and Meets an Indigenous Tribe Run by Women Who Worship Buffalo and Practice Polyandry
Magazine article by Rupert Isaacson; Geographical, Vol. 74, November 2002
Subjects: India--Description and travel, India--Personal narratives, Temples, Hindu--Personal narratives, Travel industry--Personal narratives
...indigenous tribe run by women who worship buffalo and practice polyandry by Rupert Isaacson ON THE BANKS OF THE SACRED GANGES, downstream...exclusively by women. Whether or not they still actively practice polyandry--having more than one husband--they will not say, as...
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The Early Bird Gives the Sperm
Magazine article by Lewis W. Oring; Natural History, Vol. 104, August 1995
Subjects: Animal behavior, Animal reproduction, Birds
...1871, Charles Darwin predicted avian polyandry, which in Greek means "many males...hundred years later was the existence of polyandry documented. Most sex-role reversed...simultaneous, as opposed to serial, polyandry). Having multiple mates and laying...
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Matches Made on Earth: Why Family Values Are Human Values
Magazine article by Nancie L. Gonzalez; The Humanist, Vol. 71, January 2011
Subjects: Family values--Forecasts and trends, Marriage and sex--Forecasts and trends, Sexual identity--Forecasts and trends
...wives--but polygamy also includes polyandry--one woman with several husbands...held on for some. ILLUSTRATION OMITTED Polyandry has been fairly rare, practiced primarily...among higher caste women. Some forms of polyandry appear to be associated with a perceived...
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Backyard Battle of the Sexes
Magazine article by Nicholas B. Davies; Natural History, Vol. 104, April 1995
Subjects: Animal behavior, Animal reproduction, Birds
...males shared the defense of one female (polyandry) or several adjacent female territories...contrast, a male fares least well in polyandry; although more young are raised with...conflicting interest of the alpha male, we see polyandry, with two males sharing matings and...
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Walking on Thin Ice: Each Year the Inhabitants of the Zanskar Region in the Far North of India Are Cut off from the Rest of the World for around Eight Months by Heavy Snowfalls. the Only Way out of Their Remote Valley High in the Himalaya Is a 120-Kilometre Journey along a Partially Frozen River
Magazine article by Bruno Zanzottera; Geographical, Vol. 82, March 2010
Subjects: Snow--Environmental aspects, Villages--Access control, Villages--Environmental aspects
...that many young left their villages to join monasteries. Polyandry is thought to be practised in areas where resources are limited...nunneries) dotted along the valley, but the practice of polyandry is dying out. It was made illegal during the middle of the...
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newspaper articles on: Polyandry  - 20 results

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SO SORRY FOR BEING TOPLESS; Naked Ambition: Carla Bruni; with Nicolas Sarkozy (Above)
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), January 23, 2008
...time to time, but I prefer polygamyand polyandry, she said. Thats alpha-groupie Bruni...Shes a married womans nightmare.. Polyandry, in case you didnt know, is the female...I said thatthe notion of experimental polyandry didnt seem momentarily appealing.
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Pinch Yourself! A Tory Prime Minister Is Upholding the Idea That Traditional Morality Is Bigotry
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), February 14, 2011
...undermined. If still in doubt, try this thought experiment. Imagine the Government was planning to recognise polygamy and polyandry (marriage with more than one woman or man), or marriage between zoophiles (people who have loving and committed relationships...
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Not an Idyll but Still a Joy
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), May 16, 2008
...irresistible to theanthropologically-minded Shuyun: not only does it consist of three brothers anda single, shared wife (polyandry was banned under Mao, though it has made agradual comeback since), but the youngest brother is the local shaman. Even...
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Cult as 'Religion' and Protection of the Constitution
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, October 23, 2004
...a charismatic leader who indoctrinates members with unorthodox or extremist views, practices, or beliefs like polygamy, polyandry, pedophilia, etc. Mass suicide in a colony For example, years ago a cult leader in California herded his flock to transfer...
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Cheeky Monkey Drawn to Our Curtains
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), August 27, 2009
...among the sexual swingers of the animal kingdom. Mating patterns include polygyny (multiple regular female partners) and polyandry (multiple male partners) although monogamy is also practised. Adults are between 51/2 and 7in, and weigh around 14oz...
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encyclopedia articles on: Polyandry  - 2 results

 
 
1.
Polyandry
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
POLYANDRY see marriage . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Marriage
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...several other men by marrying their sisters or daughters. Polyandry (having several husbands at one time) is rare, having occurred...People who enjoy only a marginal subsistence may practice polyandry as a way of limiting births. It is also practiced where brothers...


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