| ID | 144163 |
| Title Proper | Second wife is not really a wife |
| Other Title Information | polygyny, gender relations and economic realities in Tajikistan |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Cleuziou, Juliette |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | While polygyny in Tajikistan existed before the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 and has been a phenomenon of growing importance since Independence, it is still forbidden by law. To understand this renewal, I do not look at polygyny as a sign of religiousness, but as a form of patriarchal bargain in which women (who often experienced former matrimonial disjuncture) may have a greater power of decision in the spousal relations. I will explore women's points of view, from which polygyny is a strategy to accessing the symbolic and material resources they lack. I then explore the conditions to which becoming a second wife is possible: women's own resources, be they material, symbolic, familial, appear as of crucial importance in this accession to the status of being married anew. |
| `In' analytical Note | Central Asian Survey Vol. 35, No.1; Mar 2016: p.76-90 |
| Journal Source | Central Asian Survey Vol: 35 No 1 |
| Key Words | Tajikistan ; Marriage ; Gender Relations ; Polygyny ; Second Wives ; Sexual–Economic Exchange |