The decline of marriage in Namibia : kinship and social class in a rural community / / Julia Pauli
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| Autore: |
Pauli Julia
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| Titolo: |
The decline of marriage in Namibia : kinship and social class in a rural community / / Julia Pauli
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| Pubblicazione: | Bielefeld : , : Transcript-Verlag, , 2019 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource : illustrations |
| Disciplina: | 390 |
| Soggetto topico: | Marriage - Social aspects |
| Social classes | |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Altri titoli varianti: | Decline of Marriage in Namibia |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The Decline of Marriage in Namibia |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910477139003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Kultur und soziale Praxis.