The Decline of Marriage in Namibia

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The Decline of Marriage in Namibia is written by Prof. Dr. Julia Pauli and published by transcript Verlag. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 3839443032 (ISBN 10) and 9783839443033 (ISBN 13).

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.