Melanie Heath is Associate Professor of Sociology at McMaster University. She is the author of One Marriage Under God: The Campaign to Promote Marriage in America (2012) and co-author of The How To of Qualitative Research, second edition (2022).

Introduction: Forbidden Intimacies in Global Perspective
1. Racial Projects and Unexpected Divergences in Regulating Polygyny
2. Labyrinthine Love and Homegrown Polygamies
3. Migratory Polygamies: Racialization and Colonial Reckonings
4. Patriarchal Musings: Gender, Power, and Agency in Living Forbidden Intimacies
5. Race, Religion, and Stigmatized Intimacies: Pushing Polygynous Families Underground
6. Recognizing Polygamies: Fighting Over Intimacy
Conclusion: Forbidden Intimacies, Racial Projects, and Legal Jeopardy