1st Edition

New Religions and the Mediation of Non-Monogamy Polyamory, Polygamy, and Reality Television

By Michelle Mueller Copyright 2022
248 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

248 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

248 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

New Religions and the Mediation of Non-Monogamy examines the relationship between alternative American religions and the media representation of non-monogamies on reality-TV shows like Sister Wives , Seeking Sister Wife , and Polyamory: Married & Dating . The book is the first full-length study informed by fieldwork with Mormon polygamists and fieldwork with LGBTQ Neo-Pagan/Neo-Tantric... Read more

Introduction. Researching "Swingers" and "Saints" on Exhibit

1 Twenty-First Century Mormon Fundamentalism: Ethnographic Observations

2 From Raids to Rallies: Polygamy, Class, and New Media

3 Mormon Polygamist Spirituality in the Twenty-First Century

4 Gnostic Esoterism in Mormon Fundamentalism

5 Polyamory as Religious Sexual Counter-Culture: The New Charmed Circle

6 Sisterhood, Patriarchy, and Bromance: New Perspectives on Gender, Labor, and Power in Polyamory and Polygamy

7 Polygamy and Polyamory in the Era of The Bachelor: Intersectional Observations Regarding Religion, Media, and Society

Biography

Michelle Mueller 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.

"Based on research Mueller conducted for over a decade, this is a book grounded in theory and empirical evidence. Perhaps wishing to include too much at times, this volume is still an exciting contribution to the study of contemporary American media and the representation and position of alternative faiths and lifestyles on American soil." - Iren E. Annus, University of Szeged