The decline of marriage in Namibia : kinship and social class in a rural community /
Pauli, Julia,
The decline of marriage in Namibia : kinship and social class in a rural community / Julia Pauli. - 1 online resource : illustrations, maps - Culture and social practice . - Kultur und soziale Praxis. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-296).
Frontmatter -- Content -- List of tables -- List of figures -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- PART I -- Fransfontein fieldwork -- History through biography -- Postapartheid livelihoods -- PART II -- Contemporary Fransfontein marriages -- From decline to distinction -- PART III -- Forming families -- Intimacy outside marriage -- Conclusion -- Reference list
Open Access
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.
3839443032 9783839443033 3837643034 9783837643039
9783837643039 10.14361/9783839443033 doi
9783839443033 transcript Verlag
GBB9G9310 bnb
019312088 Uk
Marriage--Social aspects--Namibia.
Social classes--Namibia.
Kinship--Namibia.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Anthropology--Cultural & Social.
Kinship.
Marriage--Social aspects.
Social classes.
Namibia.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
HQ694.2
390
The decline of marriage in Namibia : kinship and social class in a rural community / Julia Pauli. - 1 online resource : illustrations, maps - Culture and social practice . - Kultur und soziale Praxis. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-296).
Frontmatter -- Content -- List of tables -- List of figures -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- PART I -- Fransfontein fieldwork -- History through biography -- Postapartheid livelihoods -- PART II -- Contemporary Fransfontein marriages -- From decline to distinction -- PART III -- Forming families -- Intimacy outside marriage -- Conclusion -- Reference list
Open Access
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.
3839443032 9783839443033 3837643034 9783837643039
9783837643039 10.14361/9783839443033 doi
9783839443033 transcript Verlag
GBB9G9310 bnb
019312088 Uk
Marriage--Social aspects--Namibia.
Social classes--Namibia.
Kinship--Namibia.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Anthropology--Cultural & Social.
Kinship.
Marriage--Social aspects.
Social classes.
Namibia.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
HQ694.2
390