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Cultural Representations of the Second Wife

Literature, Stage, and Screen

Jo Parnell editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Lexington Books

Published:11th Dec '23

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Cultural Representation of the Second Wife: Literature, Stage, and Screen, is a multifaceted, interdisciplinary, cross-cultural work that provides insights into the realities of second wives the world over. This book allows the reader a three-dimensional view of the second wife experience. It asks: What does it mean, and what does it feel like, to be a second wife in a polygamous union or in a monogamous partnership? Is there a difference? Together, the writers in this book cleverly create an in-depth study of the subject through the productions referred to in the title, to offer a different approach to the popularly held views of the second wife. The book addresses the intricacies, customs, practices and lifestyles of the various Eastern and Western cultures and demonstrates the abilities of the Humanities to connect and interrelate with other disciplines as well as with the reader’s own world.

ISBN: 9781666932843

Dimensions: 240mm x 161mm x 22mm

Weight: 499g

212 pages