Decline of Marriage in Namibia – Kinship and Social Class in a Rural Community

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

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Beskrivning

In Southern Africa, marriage used to be widespread and common. However, over the past decades marriage rates have declined significantly. Julia Pauli explores the meaning of marriage when only few marry. Although marriage rates have dropped sharply, the value of weddings and marriages has not. To marry has become an indicator of upper-class status that less affluent people aspire to. Using the appropriation of marriage by a rural Namibian elite as a case study, the book tells the entwined stories of class formation and marriage decline in post-apartheid Namibia.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2021-12-08
Mått:147 x 226 x 15 mm
Vikt:666 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Culture and Social Practice
Antal sidor:340
Förlag:Transcript Verlag
ISBN:9783837643039

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Julia Pauli is Professor of Social and Cultural Anthropology at the University of Hamburg, Germany. Her main research interests are gender and kinship studies, transnational migration, and class formation processes. She has conducted extensive ethnographic fieldwork in Mexico (since 1995) and Namibia (since 2003). For "Anthropology Southern Africa" she co-edited a special issue on continuity and change in Southern African marriages with Rijk van Dijk (2016/2017).

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»With its balanced discussion of the regional literature the monograph is a good read for social scientists doing research in the Southern African region and of value to anyone researching gender and family relations. In addition, it is an inspiration for anyone interested in class relationsin Africa.«

Innehållsförteckning

List of Tables; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Fransfontein Fieldwork; History Through Biography; Post-Apartheid Livelihoods; Contemporary Fransfontein Marriages; From Decline to Distinction; Forming Families; Intimacy Outside Marriage; Conclusion; Reference List.