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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Superior document:Kultur und soziale Praxis
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Place / Publishing House:Bielefeld : : Transcript-Verlag,, 2019.
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
Series:Kultur und soziale Praxis.
Physical Description:1 online resource :; illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.