{"product_id":"new-religions-and-the-mediation-of-non-monogamy-polyamory-polygamy-and-reality-television-paperback","title":"New Religions and the Mediation of Non-Monogamy: Polyamory, Polygamy, and Reality Television - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichelle Mueller\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew Religions and the Mediation of Non-Monogamy\u003c\/em\u003e examines the relationship between alternative American religions and the media representation of non-monogamies on reality-TV shows like \u003ci\u003eSister Wives\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSeeking Sister Wife\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePolyamory: Married \u0026amp; Dating\u003c\/i\u003e. The book is the first full-length study informed by fieldwork with Mormon polygamists \u003ci\u003eand \u003c\/i\u003efieldwork with LGBTQ Neo-Pagan\/Neo-Tantric polyamorists. The book tracks community members' responses to the new media about them, their engagement with television and other media, and the likeness of representations to actual populations through fieldwork and interviews. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book highlights differences in socioeconomic privileges that shape Mormon polygamists' lives and LGBTQ polyamorists' lives, respectively. The polyamory movement receives support from liberal media. As reality TV has shifted the image of Mormon polygamy to one of liberal American middle-class culture, Mormon polygamists have gained in public favor. The media landscape of non-monogamy is mediated by, in addition to these alternative religious populations, the norms and practices of the reality-TV industry and by sociocultural and economic realities, including race and class. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book adds to the fields of media studies, critical race and gender studies, new religious movements, and queer studies. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMichelle Mueller\u003c\/strong\u003e teaches religion and ethnography, sociology of religion, and other courses at Santa Clara University. She is a faculty fellow of the college's Center for the Arts and Humanities. \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 232\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.53 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 31, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47623683309789,"sku":"9781032051673","price":112.73,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/Fgw8Qz9jQM9781032051673.webp?v=1781274122","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/new-religions-and-the-mediation-of-non-monogamy-polyamory-polygamy-and-reality-television-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}