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Polygyny : what it means when African American Muslim women share their husbands / by Majeed, Debra,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-183) and index.The road to understanding polygyny -- Agency and authority in polygyny -- Religious and experiential prescriptions -- Legalities and emotional well-being -- Imam Mohammed's commentary on polygyny -- Mental health and living polygyny -- Afterword: Muslim womanist praxis and polygyny.Debra Majeed's ethnography of contemporary African American Muslim polygyny illuminates the varieties of and struggles within a type of family whose form and function is contrary to U.S. civil law. This book features the voices of women who welcome polygyny, oppose it, acquiesce to it, or even negotiate power in its practices. Majeed examines the choices available to African American Muslim women who are considering polygyny or who are living it. She calls attention to the ways in which interpretations of Islam's primary sources are authorized or legitimated to regulate the rights of Muslim women. Highlighting the legal, emotional, and communal implications of polygyny, Majeed encourages Muslim communities to develop formal measures that ensure the welfare of women and children who are otherwise not recognized by the state.
Subjects: African American women.; Man-woman relationships; Muslim women; Polygyny; Musulmanes; Noires américaines.; Polygynie; Relations entre hommes et femmes;
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So long a letter / by Bâ, Mariama,author.; Bodé-Thomas, Modupé,translator.; Harrow, Kenneth W.,writer of introduction.;
"For further reference": pages vii-x.Written by award-winning African novelist Mariama Ba and translated from the original French, So Long a Letter has been recognized as one of Africa's 100 Best Books of the 20th Century. The brief narrative, written as an extended letter, is a sequence of reminiscences - some wistful, some bitter - recounted by recently widowed Senegalese school teacher Ramatoulaye Fall. Addressed to a lifelong friend, Aissatou, it is a record of Ramatoulaye's emotional struggle for survival after her husband betrayed their marriage by taking a second wife. This semi-autobiographical account is a perceptive testimony to the plight of educated and articulate Muslim women. Angered by the traditions that allow polygyny, they inhabit a social milieu dominated by attitudes and values that deny them status equal to men. Ramatoulaye hopes for a world where the best of old customs and new freedom can be combined. Considered a classic of contemporary African women's literature, So Long a Letter is a must-read for anyone interested in African literature and the passage from colonialism to modernism in a Muslim country.Winner of the Noma Award for publishing in Africa.
Subjects: Fiction.; Epistolary fiction.; Women; Muslim women; Polygyny; Widows; Women.; Womyn.;
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The good earth [videorecording] by Connolly, Walter,1887-1940,actor.; Davis, Donald,1904-1992.; Davis, Owen,1874-1956.(CARDINAL)194642; Franklin, Sidney A.,1893-1972,film director.; Freund, Karl,1890-1969,director of photography.; Grapewin, Charles,1869-1956,actor.(CARDINAL)843343; Jennings, Talbot.screenwriter.; Losch, Tilly,1904-1975,actor.; Muni, Paul,1895-1967,actor.(CARDINAL)183099; Rainer, Luise,1910-2014,actor.; Ralph, Jessie.actor.; Slesinger, Tess,1905-1945,screenwriter.(CARDINAL)732342; Stothart, Herbert,1885-1949,composer (expression)(CARDINAL)357004; Thalberg, Irving G.,1899-1936,film producer.(CARDINAL)169453; West, Claudine,1890-1943,screenwriter.; Wrangel, Basil.editor of moving image work.; Motion picture adaptation of (work):Buck, Pearl S.(Pearl Sydenstricker),1892-1973.Good earth.; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.production company.(CARDINAL)150193; Warner Home Video (Firm),film distributor.(CARDINAL)218485;
Cinematographer, Karl Freund ; editor, Basil Wrangell ; music, Herbert Stothart.Paul Muni, Luise Rainer, Walter Connolly, Tilly Losch, Charley Grapewin, Jessie Ralph, Soo Yong, Keye Luke.A young farmer named Wang Lung marries a selfless, loyal slave girl, O-Lan. Wang is initially devoted to the land and rises to prosperity. Later, however, Wang deserts the land and takes a second wife and tragedy threatens to overwhelm him. Eventually Wang realizes that the land and O-Lan mean more to him than his wealth.Not rated.DVD, NTSC, region 1, full screen presentation; Dolby Digital mono; dual-layer format.Academy Award, 1938: Best actress (Rainer); Best cinematography.
Subjects: Feature films.; Fiction films.; Film adaptations.; Historical films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892-1973.; Farmers; Polygyny; Spouses; Wealth; Granjeros; Relaciones hombre-mujer;
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The fire ants / by Tschinkel, Walter R.(Walter Reinhart),1940-(CARDINAL)786233;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 673-706) and index.I: ORIGIN AND SPREAD, PRESENT AND FUTURE RANGE: Prelude: And what do you do for a living? -- A quick tour of fire ant biology -- The species of fire ants and their biogeography -- An atlas of fire ant anatomy -- Getting here -- Interlude: Beachhead mobile -- La Conquista: spreading out -- Interlude: Another immigrant moves west -- Predicting future range limits -- II: BASIC NEEDS AND THE MONOGYNE COLONY CYCLE: An important note: Monogyne and polygyne social forms -- Shelter -- Interlude: There's nothing like getting plastered -- Space -- Food -- Interlude: Mundane methods -- Mating and colony founding -- Interlude: Spring among the fire ants -- The claustral period -- Interlude: Sharon's house of beauty -- The incipient phase and brood raiding -- Dependent colony founding -- Colony growth -- Relative growth and sociogenesis -- Interlude: The Porter Wedge micrometer -- Colony reproduction and the seasonal cycle -- III: FAMILY LIFE: Interlude: Deby discovers ants -- Nestmate and brood recognition -- Interlude: Ant ID systems -- Division of labor -- Interlude: Moving up in a Harvester Ant colony -- Adaptive demography -- Interlude: Driving to work with Odontomachus -- The organization of foraging -- Interlude: Who's in charge here? -- Food sharing within the colony -- Interlude: The Fire Ant on trial -- Venom and its uses -- Interlude: You call that pain? -- Social control of the Queen's egg-laying rate -- Interlude: Catching queens -- Necrophoric behavior -- IV: POLYGYNY: Discovery of polygyny -- Interlude: I want this to be accurate --The suppression of independent colony founding in polygyne colonies -- The nature and fate of polygyne alates -- Interlude: A useful tool -- Polygyne mating, adoption, execution -- Biological consequences of polygyny -- V: POPULATIONS AND ECOLOGY: Hybridization between Solenopsis invicta and S. Richteri -- Populations of monogyne Fire Ants -- Interlude: Gang wars -- Territorial behavior and monogyne popluation regulation -- Ecological niche -- Solenopsis invicta and ant community ecology -- Interlude: Membership in a prestigious organization -- Solenopsis invicta and other communities -- Fire ants and vertebrates -- Interlude: a microsafari in antland -- Biological control -- Interlude: The heartbreak of parasitoids -- Some final words."Since South American fire ants arrived in Mobile, Alabama, in the 1940s, they have spread to become one of the most reviled pests in the Sunbelt. In The Fire Ants Walter Tschinkel provides not just an encyclopedic overview of S. invicta - how they found colonies, construct and defend their nests, forage and distribute food, struggle among themselves for primacy, and even relocate entire colonies - but also an account of how research is done, how science establishes facts, and the pleasures and problems of a scientific career."--Cover.
Subjects: Fire ants.;
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The nesting season : cuckoos, cuckolds, and the invention of monogamy / by Heinrich, Bernd,1940-(CARDINAL)321486;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction -- Love birds -- Monogamy -- Polygyny and polyandry -- Penguins and us -- Fine-tuning nesting time -- Strutting their stuff -- Nest site and safety -- Nest materials and construction -- The egg -- Parenting in pairs -- Cuckolds, cuckoos, cowbirds, and color codes -- End of nesting season -- Appendix: Latin names of bird species.Why are the eggs of the marsh wren deep brown, the winter wren's nearly white, and the gray catbird's a brilliant blue? And what in the DNA of a penduline tit makes the male weave a domed nest of fibers and the female line it with feathers, while the bird-of-paradise male builds no nest at all, and his bower-bird counterpart constructs an elaborate dwelling? These are typical questions that Bernd Heinrich pursues in the engaging style we've come to expect from him- supplemented here with his own stunning photographs and original watercolors. One of the world's great naturalists and nature writers, Heinrich shows us how the sensual beauty of birds can open our eyes to a hidden evolutionary process. Nesting, as Heinrich explores it here, encompasses what fascinates us most about birds- from their delightful songs and spectacular displays to their varied eggs and colorful plumage; from their sex roles and mating rituals to nest parasitism, infanticide, and predation.What moves birds to mate and parent their young in so many different ways is what interests Heinrich- and his insights into the nesting behavior of birds has more than a little to say about our own.
Subjects: Birds; Courtship in animals.; Parental behavior in animals.;
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Harriers of the world : their behaviour and ecology / by Simmons, R. E.(Robert Edward),1957-(CARDINAL)330632;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-359) and index.1. Introduction. Changing perspectives: from natural history to behavioural ecology -- 2. Evolution and peculiarities of the harriers -- 3. Aerial displays: mate choice and reversed dimorphism -- 4. Of mice and harriers: who wins the arms race? -- 5. Mating patterns: polygyny and deception -- 6. Copulation patterns and sperm depletion -- 7. Sex ratio and egg size manipulation -- 8. Food and reproduction in the tropics -- 9. Clutch size and latitude -- 10. Synthesis.
Subjects: Harriers; Harriers; Birds; Birds;
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Power : the ultimate aphrodisiac / by Westheimer, Ruth K.(Ruth Karola),1928-2024.(CARDINAL)726683; Kaplan, Steven.(CARDINAL)745531;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Sex; Power (Social sciences); Statesmen; Kings and rulers; Queens; Mistresses;
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So long a letter / by Bâ, Mariama,author.(CARDINAL)841294; Bodé-Thomas, Modupé,translator.; Harrow, Kenneth W.,writer of introduction.(CARDINAL)841293;
Bibliographical references pages vii-x.So Long a Letter has been recognized as one of Africa’s 100 Best Books of the 20th Century. The brief narrative, written as an extended letter, is a sequence of reminiscences—some wistful, some bitter—recounted by recently widowed Senegalese schoolteacher Ramatoulaye Fall. Addressed to a lifelong friend, Aissatou, it is a record of Ramatoulaye’s emotional struggle for survival after her husband betrayed their marriage by taking a second wife. This semi-autobiographical account is a perceptive testimony to the plight of educated and articulate Muslim women. Angered by the traditions that allow polygyny, they inhabit a social milieu dominated by attitudes and values that deny them status equal to men. Ramatoulaye hopes for a world where the best of old customs and new freedom can be combined. Considered a classic of contemporary African women’s literature, So Long a Letter is a must-read for anyone interested in African literature and the passage from colonialism to modernism in a Muslim country. Winner of the prestigious Noma Award for Publishing in Africa.--
Subjects: Novels.; Fiction.; Women; Women.; Womyn.;
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The mammalian radiations : an analysis of trends in evolution, adaptation, and behavior / by Eisenberg, John Frederick.(CARDINAL)287620;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 509-599) and index.Part 1. The historical perspective -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The history of mammals [animals] -- 3. The early radiations -- 4. The Edentata -- 5. The Pholidota -- 6. Conclusions concerning the early radiations -- 7. Madagascar as a refugium : the radiation of the Tenrecidae and other Madagascan mammals -- 8. The phylogeny of behavior : a mammalian baseline -- Part 2. Mammalian radiations on the contiguous continental land masses -- 9. The order Macroscelidea -- 10. The order Lagomorpha -- 11. The Order Rodentia -- 12. Insectivora -- 13. Grandorder Ferae -- 14. G. Archonta -- 15. G. Ungulata -- 16. Trends in the adaptation and distribution of the mammalia [feeding niches and their constraints ; Coevolution of species, competition between higher taxa, mammalian species diversity and niche occupancy, loss of species and the problem of extinction].Part 3. Macrophysiology and adaptation -- 17. Consideration of the mammalian size and metabolic rate -- 18. The influence of body size on live history -- 19. Feeding and foraging categories, some size constraints [food, foods, consequences of specialization for certain habitats & tropic specialization, environmental stresses] -- 20. Mammalian size-classes and their distribution according to nice and zoogeographic constraints -- 21. The relative size of the mammalian brain -- 22. Reproduction and development [intrauterine development and length of gestation ; variability of developmental time ; lactation & postnatal growth] -- 23. Reproduction and life history strategies [i.e. altricial young, etc.].Part 4. Behavior as a subject for study -- 25. Introduction -- 26. The genetic bases for behaviour patterns -- 27. A consideration of biological rhythms and temporal patterning -- 28. Description and classification of the behavioural elements common to generalized terrestrial mammals [sleep, rest, locomotion, autogrooming, elimination, breathing, drinking, feeding, artifacts, protective responses, etc.] -- 28. Interaction systems of generalized mammals [social interactions, courtship and sexual, offensive -- defensive, parental care, play, etc.] -- 30. Reproductive failure, social pathology, and the special case of infanticide [captivity, is it adaptive?; in primates?].31. Structure of social organizations [genetic basis] -- 32. Classification of mammalian social organizations [mating, sexual dimorphism and polygyny; rearing systems, foraging, refuging, predatory, etc.] -- 33. Toward a definition of the selective forces producing different grades of sociality -- 34. Synthesis." ... Discusses the principles of the evolution of trophic and reproductive strategies: faunal interchange and the drift of continental land masses; the influence of body size on life-history strategies; the genetic basis of behavioral adaptation and the evolution of social behavior ... appendixes include extensive data on reproductive rate, litter size, interbirth interval, longevity, brain size, and metabolic rate for a wide variety of species."--Jacket.
Subjects: Mammals; Mammals; Adaptation (Biology); Adaptive radiation (Evolution);
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Marriage customs of the world : from henna to honeymoons / by Monger, George.(CARDINAL)777997;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Abduction, Marriage by -- Aborigines (Australian) -- Adultery -- Afghanistan -- Age at Marriage -- Almonds -- Anniversaries -- Anvil, Firing of -- Arabic Weddings -- Arranged Marriage -- Ball Games -- Bangladesh -- Banns -- Barring the Way -- Ba'siller -- Bathing -- Bed, Marriage -- Bells -- Besom Weddings -- Best Man -- Betrothal -- Bidding -- Bigamy -- Bonds, Marriage -- Bosseler -- Bottom Drawer -- Bouquet -- Breakfast, Wedding -- Bride-Ale -- Bride-Cake -- Bridegroom -- Bride-Price -- Bridesmaid -- Bridewain -- Broom, Marriage over the -- Bundling -- Cake, Wedding -- Cana, Wedding at -- Canopy, Bridal -- Capture (Kidnap), of Bride -- Capture, Marriage by -- Cards, Wedding -- Cars -- Cats -- Ceremony -- Chamber Pot -- Child Marriage -- Chimney Sweep -- China -- Christian Weddings -- Church Porch, Weddings in -- Civil Ceremonies -- Colors -- Common-Law Marriage -- Commonwealth Period -- Concubine -- Confetti -- Consanguinity -- Consummation -- Contracts -- Courtship -- Creeling -- Crowns -- Customs -- Dances -- Dancing in a Hog (Pig) Trough -- Days for Marriage -- Divinations -- Divorce -- Dowry -- Dress, Wedding -- Dunmow Flitch -- Egypt -- Elizabethan Wedding Party -- Elopement -- Endogamy/Exogamy -- Engagement -- Epithalamium -- Etiquette -- Evil Eye, Protection from -- Factory Customs -- Fantasy Weddings -- Favors -- Feet -- Fescennine Songs -- Fiancé(e) -- Fleet Weddings -- Flowers -- France -- Garter -- Germany -- Giving Away -- Gloves -- Greek Weddings -- Gretna Green -- Gypsy Weddings -- Handfasting -- Hen Night -- Henna -- Hindu Weddings -- Home, Setting Up -- Honeymoon -- Hot Pot -- Huppah (Chuppa) -- India -- Indonesia -- Irregular Marriage -- Islamic Marriage -- Israel -- Jamaica -- Japan -- Jewish Weddings -- Kuwait -- Leap Year -- Lord Hardwick's Marriage Act -- Love Spoons -- Maori Weddings -- Mass Weddings -- Matchmaking -- May, Marriage in -- Mexico -- Middle East -- Mormon Church -- Morocco -- Native American Marriage -- Netherlands -- Niger -- Nuer Weddings -- Open Marriage -- Palestinian Weddings -- Paper of Pins -- Penny Weddings -- Petting Stone -- Photographs -- Polterabend Party -- Polyandry -- Polygyny -- Posset -- Premarriage Customs -- Presents -- Proxy, Marriage by -- Purchase, Marriage by -- Quaker Weddings -- Quintain -- Racing -- Ribbon Girl -- Rice -- Rings, Wedding and Betrothal -- Rosemary -- Rough Music/Rough Band -- Russian Weddings -- Sameh People -- Same-Sex Marriage -- Scandinavia -- Shift, Marrying in a -- Shoes -- Shower -- Sikh Weddings -- Slave Weddings -- Soupe, la -- South America -- Spain -- Spousal -- Stafell -- Stag Night -- Stockings, Throwing of -- Strawboys -- Suttee -- Temporary Marriage -- Thailand-- Threshold, Carrying over -- Tibet -- Tokens -- Tree, Marriage to a -- Trousseau -- Turkey -- United Kingdom -- Unorthodox Marriages -- Valentine's Day -- Veil -- Wales -- Walking on Gold -- Wed -- Wedding House -- Wife-Selling -- Wife-Swapping -- Yemen -- Yoruban Weddings -- Yugoslavia -- Zoroastrian Weddings -- Zulu Weddings.
Subjects: Marriage customs and rites.;
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