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Fraternal Polyandry

Fraternal Polyandry is a form of polyandrous marriage in which a woman is simultaneously married to two or more brothers, thereby distinguishing it from non-fraternal variants by the sibling relationship among the co-husbands.

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550

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14

Authors

15

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2017–2026

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Variants

Adelphic Polyandry

Parents

Publications

13

Stratification, Polyandry, and Family Structure in Central Tibet

Melvyn C. Goldstein · Southwestern Journal of Anthropology · 1971 · 127 citations

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Fraternal polyandry and fertility in a high Himalayan valley in Northwest Nepal

Melvyn C. Goldstein · Human Ecology · 1976 · 112 citations

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Tibetan Fraternal Polyandry: A Test of Sociobiological Theory

Cynthia M. Beall, Melvyn C. Goldstein · American Anthropologist · 1981 · 85 citations · Full text

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Why Polyandry Fails: Sources of Instability in Polyandrous Marriages

Nancy E. Levine, Joan B. Silk · Current Anthropology · 1997 · 59 citations

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High-Altitude Tibetan Populations in the Remote Himalaya: Social Transformation and Its Demographic, Economic, and Ecological Consequences

Melvyn C. Goldstein · Mountain Research and Development · 1981 · 39 citations

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Authors

14

  1. MC
    Melvyn C. Goldstein

    Case Western Reserve University, United States

    4 publications · 363 citations

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  2. NE
    Nancy E. Levine

    University of California, Los Angeles, United States

    3 publications · 85 citations

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  3. CJ
    Cheryl J. Barnes

    Augusta University, United States

    1 publications · 11 citations

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  4. DD
    Dana D. Nelson

    Life Services (United States), United States

    1 publications · 11 citations

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  5. AA
    Asmaa A. Bhatti

    Augusta University, United States

    1 publications · 11 citations

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Institutions

15

  1. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    129 citations

  2. Case Western Reserve University

    Cleveland, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    282 citations

  3. Pitzer College

    Claremont, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    59 citations

  4. Reed College

    Portland, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    59 citations

  5. University of New England

    Armidale, Australia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    14 citations

  6. University of California System

    Oakland, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    59 citations

  7. Associated Press

    New York, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    59 citations

  8. University of California, Davis

    Davis, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    59 citations

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Venues

  1. Signs

    1 publications · 21 citations

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  2. Journal of Comparative Family Studies

    JCFS · 1 publications · 11 citations

    1

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  3. American Ethnologist

    AE · 1 publications · 25 citations

    1

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  4. Nature Structural Biology

    1 publications · 20 citations

    1

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  5. International Journal of Dermatology

    1 publications · 11 citations

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