LEADER 04417oam 2200673 c 450 001 996398648503316 005 20231110225938.0 010 $a3-8394-4303-2 024 7 $a10.14361/9783839443033 035 $a(CKB)4100000007587456 035 $a(DE-B1597)498852 035 $a(OCoLC)1083627320 035 $a(DE-B1597)9783839443033 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5652049 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6750891 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6750891 035 $a(transcript Verlag)9783839443033 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6986322 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6986322 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC30534931 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL30534931 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000007587456 100 $a20220221d2019 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Decline of Marriage in Namibia$eKinship and Social Class in a Rural Community$fJulia Pauli 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aBielefeld$ctranscript Verlag$d2019 215 $a1 online resource (296 p.) 225 0 $aKultur und soziale Praxis 311 $a3-8376-4303-4 327 $aFrontmatter 1 Content 5 List of tables 7 List of figures 8 Acknowledgements 9 Introduction 15 Fransfontein fieldwork 47 History through biography 73 Postapartheid livelihoods 99 Contemporary Fransfontein marriages 127 From decline to distinction 167 Forming families 199 Intimacy outside marriage 227 Conclusion 257 Reference list 267 330 $aIn 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. 330 1 $a»It is an intricate analysis of how transformations in Namibian marriage practices have been framed and structured by dramatic political and economic changes in the twentieth century, and thus how the vantage point ofmarriage is a productive tool from which to study how personal experiences reflect larger social shifts.« Rachel Spronk, African Studies Review, 63/4 (2020) »With its balanced discussion of the regional literature the monograph is a good read for social scientists doing research in the Southern African region and of value to anyone researching gender and family relations. In addition, it is an inspiration for anyone interested in class relationsin Africa.« Astrid Bochow, Anthropos, 115 (2020) »This is a rich and valuable study, offering a nuanced and historically sensitive approach to an important question.« Meredith McKittrick, H-Net-Reviews, 6 (2020) »This monograph provides a superb ethnography and a fruitful resource for understanding most of the core issues that revolve around marriage and the lack thereof in a Namibian community. It has much value as an anthropological study that indicates how new consumption patterns affect ?traditional institutions?.« Stephanie Rudwick, Modern Africa, 7/2 (2019) Besprochen in: Africa Spectrum, 55/1 (2020), Lena Kroeker Journal of Namibian Studies, 28 (2020), Henning Melber 410 0$aKultur und Soziale Praxis 606 $aMarriage; Namibia; Elites; Consumption; Kinship; Class; Family; Social Inequality; Postcolonialism; Ethnology; African History; Africa; 610 $aAfrica. 610 $aAfrican History. 610 $aClass. 610 $aConsumption. 610 $aElites. 610 $aEthnology. 610 $aFamily. 610 $aKinship. 610 $aNamibia. 610 $aPostcolonialism. 610 $aSocial Inequality. 615 4$aMarriage; Namibia; Elites; Consumption; Kinship; Class; Family; Social Inequality; Postcolonialism; Ethnology; African History; Africa; 676 $a390 700 $aPauli$b Julia$4aut$01076456 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996398648503316 996 $aThe Decline of Marriage in Namibia$92587015 997 $aUNISA