A Harem in the Home: The Deceased Wife's Sister Bill and the Colonisation of English Hearth

Authors

  • Kaori Nagai

Keywords:

British history, British identity, colonialism, family, relationships, harem, incest, polygamy, "Deceased Wife's Sister Bill", domesticity

Abstract

  

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2020-06-11