William R. Jankowiak is professor of anthropology at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He is the author of Sex, Death, and Hierarchy in a Chinese City: An Anthropological Account (1993) as well as the editor of Romantic Passion: A Universal Experience? (1995) and Intimacies: Love and Sex Across Cultures (2008), all from Columbia University Press, among other books.

[Jankowiak's] work is monumental for its analysis of individuals’ experiences living in polygamous households. He gives outsiders an extensive peek into the world of plural marriage living. His anthropological work also proffers an introspective mirror useful for fundamentalist Mormons—perhaps also for other polygamists around the globe.

• A Note to Residents of Angel ParkAcknowledgments1. Plural Marriage and What It Means to Be Human2. Fundamentalist Polygamy: Contextual Background3. In the Name of the Father: Public Adoration, Private Qualification4. Different Philosophies for Organizing a Family5. Placement Marriage or Self Choice: Finding Your Soul Mate6. Managing a Marriage: Expectation, Duty, and Preference7. Cowife Jealousy, Regret, and Cooperative Exchanges8. Family Politics Revealed Through Naming Practices9. Theology and Mother Care: Full-Sibling and Half-Sibling Bonding10. Theological Parenthood and the Making of the Good Polygamous Teenager11. The Lonely World of Polygamous MenConclusion: Themes and TrendsNotesReferencesIndex

William R. Jankowiak is professor of anthropology at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He is the author of Sex, Death, and Hierarchy in a Chinese City: An Anthropological Account (1993) as well as the editor of Romantic Passion: A Universal Experience? (1995) and Intimacies: Love and Sex Across Cultures (2008), all from Columbia University Press, among other books.

[Jankowiak's] work is monumental for its analysis of individuals’ experiences living in polygamous households. He gives outsiders an extensive peek into the world of plural marriage living. His anthropological work also proffers an introspective mirror useful for fundamentalist Mormons—perhaps also for other polygamists around the globe.

• A Note to Residents of Angel ParkAcknowledgments1. Plural Marriage and What It Means to Be Human2. Fundamentalist Polygamy: Contextual Background3. In the Name of the Father: Public Adoration, Private Qualification4. Different Philosophies for Organizing a Family5. Placement Marriage or Self Choice: Finding Your Soul Mate6. Managing a Marriage: Expectation, Duty, and Preference7. Cowife Jealousy, Regret, and Cooperative Exchanges8. Family Politics Revealed Through Naming Practices9. Theology and Mother Care: Full-Sibling and Half-Sibling Bonding10. Theological Parenthood and the Making of the Good Polygamous Teenager11. The Lonely World of Polygamous MenConclusion: Themes and TrendsNotesReferencesIndex