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Communication Studies Volume 65, 2014 - Issue 1
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Media and Polygamy: A Critical Analysis of Sister Wives

Derek A. Jorgenson Communication Department, North Dakota State UniversityCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 24-38 | Published online: 17 Dec 2013
 
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Abstract

The TLC television program Sister Wives provides audiences with a reality-based perspective of multiple-marriages. Analysis using Bourdeau's concepts of habitus and field reveals the program challenges traditional family constructs through positive portrayals of multiple-marriages. While it explicitly validates the nontraditional polygamist family composition, it implicitly reinforces patriarchal structures.

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Derek A. Jorgenson

Derek A. Jorgenson is a Doctoral Student in the Communication Department at North Dakota State University.

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