The decline of marriage in Namibia : : kinship and social class in a rural community / / Julia Pauli.
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 ma...
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Pauli, Julia, author. The decline of marriage in Namibia : kinship and social class in a rural community / Julia Pauli. Decline of Marriage in Namibia Bielefeld : Transcript-Verlag, 2019. 1 online resource : illustrations text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Kultur und soziale Praxis Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources. 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. In English. 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. Marriage Social aspects. Social classes. Kultur und soziale Praxis. |
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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. |
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