Abstract
This Paper summarizes an ongoing research program on contemporary Mormon polygynous families (one husband and two or more wives). We examine husband-wife and wife-wife relations plural families in regard to (1) how husbands and wives achieve viable dyadic and communal relationships, and (2) how dyadic and communal issues are managed in social and physical contexts through the life cycle of plural family relationships. The project extends my and my colleagues' earlier work on the development of interpersonal relationships, privacy regulation, and the role of the physical environment in close personal relationships. The research also derives from dialectic and transactional/contextual philosophical perspectives with which I have been working for years. Thus this project caps my long- term interests in theory, methodology, and philosophy of research on interpersonal relationships.
Recommended Citation
Altman, Irwin
(1996)
"Polygamous Family Life: The Case of
Contemporary Mormon Fundamentalists,"
Utah Law Review: Vol. 1996:
No.
2, Article 1.
Available at:
https://dc.law.utah.edu/ulr/vol1996/iss2/1