The Importance of Being Monogamous: Marriage and Nation Building in Western Canada in 1915

Sarah Carter reveals the pioneering efforts of the government, legal, and religious authorities to impose the “one man, one woman”model of marriage upon Mormons and Aboriginal people in Western Canada. This lucidly written, richly researched book revises what we know about marriage and the gendered...

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Main Author Carter, Sarah
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Edmonton Athabasca University Press 2008
Athabasca University Press and University of Alberta Press
University of Alberta Press
AU Press and U of A Press
Edition1
SeriesThe West Unbound:Social and Cultural Studies
Subjects
19th century
aboriginal women
Amerindians
Canada
Canada, Western
Christians
Colonial history
Colonies
Cultural assimilation
Divorce
Gender relations
History
Indian women
Indians
Indigenous peoples
Indigenous populations
Male-female relationships
Marriage
Monogamous relationships
Monogamy
Mormonism
Mormons
Nation building
National history
Native peoples
Polygamy
Social conditions
Social history
Social values
19th century
Canada, Western
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- ONE: Creating, Challenging, Imposing, and Defending the Marriage "Fortress" -- TWO: Customs Not in Common: THE MONOGAMOUS IDEAL AND DIVERSE MARITAL LANDSCAPE OF WESTERN CANADA -- THREE: Making Newcomers to Western Canada Monogamous -- FOUR: "A Striking Contrast…Where Perpetuity of Union and Exclusiveness is Not a Rule, at Least Not a Strict Rule": PLAINS ABORIGINAL MARRIAGE -- FIVE: The 1886 "Traffic in Indian Girls" Panic and the Foundation of the Federal Approach to Aboriginal Marriage and Divorce -- SIX: Creating "Semi-Widows" and "Supernumerary Wives": PROHIBITING POLYGAMY IN PRAIRIE CANADA'S ABORIGINAL COMMUNITIES -- SEVEN: "Undigested, Conflicting and Inharmonious": ADMINISTERING FIRST NATIONS MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE -- EIGHT: Conclusion -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y
  • Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- One: Creating, Challenging, Imposing, and Defending the Marriage "Fortress" -- Two: Customs Not in Common: The Monogamous Ideal and Diverse Marital Landscape of Western Canada -- Three: Making Newcomers to Western Canada Monogamous -- Four: "A Striking Contrast... Where Perpetuity of Union and Exclusiveness is Not a Rule, at Least Not a Strict Rule" Plains Aboriginal Marriage -- Five: The 1886 "Traffic in Indian Girls" Panic and the Foundation of the Federal Approach to Aboriginal Marriage and Divorce -- Six: Creating "Semi-Widows" and "Supernumerary Wives": Prohibiting Polygamy in Prairie Canada's Aboriginal Communities -- Seven: "Undigested, Conflicting and Inharmonious": Administering First Nations Marriage and Divorce -- Eight: Conclusion -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
  • Creating, challenging, imposing, and defending the marriage "fortress" -- Customs not in common : the monogamous ideal and diverse marital landscape of Western Canada -- Making newcomers to western Canada monogamous -- "A striking contrast ... where perpetuity of union and exlusiveness is not a rule, at least not a strict rule" : Plains Aboriginal marriage -- The 1886 "Traffic in Indian girls" panic and the foundation of the federal approach to Aboriginal marriage and divorce -- Creating "semi-widow" and "supernumerary wives" : prohibiting polygamy in Prairie Canada's Aboriginal communities -- "Undigested, conflicting and inharmonious" : administering First Nations marriage and divorce -- Conclusion.