The Decline of Marriage in Namibia

Julia Pauli

ISBN 10: 3837643034 / ISBN 13: 9783837643039

Published by Transcript Verlag Jan 2021, 2021

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Neuware -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. 296 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Decline of Marriage in Namibia
• Publisher: Transcript Verlag Jan 2021
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3837643034
• ISBN 13: 9783837643039
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 225W x 148H x 21D millimeters 225 millimeters width by 148 millimeters height by 21 millimeters depth
• Weight: 463 grams

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Julia Pauli, Prof. Dr., ist Professorin für Ethnologie an der Universität Hamburg.