02059nam 2200397 450 991047713900332120230328062429.0(CKB)5470000000568552(NjHacI)995470000000568552(EXLCZ)99547000000056855220230328d2019 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe decline of marriage in Namibia kinship and social class in a rural community /Julia PauliBielefeld :Transcript-Verlag,2019.1 online resource illustrationsKultur und soziale PraxisList 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.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.Kultur und soziale Praxis.Decline of Marriage in Namibia MarriageSocial aspectsSocial classesMarriageSocial aspects.Social classes.390Pauli Julia1076456NjHacINjHaclBOOK9910477139003321The Decline of Marriage in Namibia2587015UNINA