The decline of marriage in Namibia kinship and social class in a rural community

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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Pauli, Julia, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bielefeld : Transcript-Verlag 2019.
Colección:Kultur und soziale Praxis.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.