Baring Witness 36 Mormon Women Talk Candidly about Love, Sex, and Marriage |
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Editor:
| Welker, Holly |
Introduction by:
| Welker, Holly |
Contribution by:
| Beal, Heather K. Olson Bernhard-Bubb, Heidi Sorensen, Amy Bushman-Carlton, Marilyn G, Melissa Lauritzen, Stephanie Olson, Kira Moss, Tiffany Watkins, Naomi Jones, Christmas Brian, Marie Allred, Katherine Taylor Hadley, Lia Robertson, Mary Ellen Anderson, Katrina Barker Hill, Erin Echols, Bernadette Ellsworth, Nancy Weeks, Michelle Goodsell, Brittny Porter, Kate Williams, Amy B, Viv Tanner, Anita Burnett, Lynne Cannon, Jari Carlton Hanson, C. L. Toscano, Margaret M. Colvin, Gina Brooks, Joanna Davis, Jamie Orton, Rebekah Bolander, Alisa Curtis Earley, Deja Whipple, Rachel Patterson, Dayna |
ISBN: | 978-0-252-04034-4 |
Publication Date: | Aug 2016 |
Publisher: | University of Illinois Press
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $110.00 |
Book Description:
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In Baring Witness, Holly Welker and thirty-six Mormon women write about devotion and love and luck, about the wonder of discovery, and about the journeys, both thorny and magical, to humor, grace, and contentment. They speak to a diversity of life experiences: what happens when one partner rejects Church teachings; marrying outside one's faith; the pain of divorce and widowhood; the horrors of spousal abuse; the hard journey from visions of an idealized marriage to the everyday truth;...
More DescriptionIn Baring Witness, Holly Welker and thirty-six Mormon women write about devotion and love and luck, about the wonder of discovery, and about the journeys, both thorny and magical, to humor, grace, and contentment. They speak to a diversity of life experiences: what happens when one partner rejects Church teachings; marrying outside one's faith; the pain of divorce and widowhood; the horrors of spousal abuse; the hard journey from visions of an idealized marriage to the everyday truth; sexuality within Mormon marriage; how the pressure to find a husband shapes young women's actions and sense of self; and the ways Mormon belief and culture can influence second marriages and same-sex unions. The result is an unflinching look at the earthly realities of an institution central to Mormon life.