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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. »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

Africa. --- African History. --- Class. --- Consumption. --- Elites. --- Ethnology. --- Family. --- Kinship. --- Namibia. --- Postcolonialism. --- Social Inequality. --- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social. --- Marriage --- Social classes --- Kinship --- Social aspects --- Marriage; Namibia; Elites; Consumption; Kinship; Class; Family; Social Inequality; Postcolonialism; Ethnology; African History; Africa --- Marriage - Social aspects - Namibia --- Social classes - Namibia --- Kinship - Namibia

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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.

Marriage --- Social classes. --- Social aspects.

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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.

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How does being a parent in the field influence a researcher's positionality and the production of ethnographic knowledge? Based on regionally and thematically diverse cases, this collection explores methodological, theoretical, and ethical dimensions of accompanied fieldwork. The authors show how multiple familial relations and the presence of their children, partners, or other family members impact the immersion into the field and the construction of its boundaries. Female and male authors from various career stages exemplify different research conditions, financial constraints, and family-career challenges that are decisive for academic success.

Research --- Ethnology --- Parenthood --- Children --- Social aspects. --- Methodology

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Ruinen und Lost Places sind gleichermaßen Symbole der Vergänglichkeit und Zeichen von Zerstörungsakten. Ihre Betrachtung löst divergente Emotionen aus. Was wird aus diesen Orten? Wer bestimmt darüber? Und wie und aus welchen Gründen werden Ruinen zum Gegenstand medialer oder künstlerischer Auseinandersetzungen? Die Beiträger*innen des Bandes nehmen sich dieser Fragen an, indem sie Ruinen als aufgegebene und im Verfall befindliche Architekturen oder Stadtlandschaften verstehen: Von den ›malerischen‹ Resten antiker Bauten über stillgelegte Industrie- oder Militärareale und verlassene Wohnbauten bis hin zu ›neuen‹ Investitionsruinen.

SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture. --- Cultural History. --- Cultural Studies. --- Culture. --- Habitation. --- Industry. --- Military. --- Space. --- Transience. --- Waste Land. --- Ruines --- Architecture --- Urbanisme --- Décroissance urbaine --- Culture --- Armed forces. --- Waste Lands. --- Study and teaching. --- Agglomérations urbaines --- Déclin des villes --- Déclin urbain --- Décroissance des villes --- Déprise urbaine --- Désurbanisation --- Rétrécissement urbain --- Villes en déclin --- Villes en décroissance --- Villes --- Attractivité (géographie) --- Croissance urbaine --- Exode urbain --- Économie urbaine --- Géographie urbaine --- Constructions en ruine --- Constructions ruinées --- Décombres --- Murs écroulés --- Vestiges architecturaux --- Vestiges d'architecture --- Constructions --- Exploration urbaine --- Habitations abandonnées --- Ruines (esthétique) --- Monuments disparus --- Sites archéologiques --- Villes disparues, en ruine, etc. --- Décroissance --- Déclin --- Effondrement --- Derelict lands --- Wastelands --- Land use --- Metaphysics --- Armed Services --- Military, The --- Military art and science --- Disarmament --- Industrial production --- Industries, Primitive --- Industry --- Economics --- Cultural sociology --- Sociology of culture --- Civilization --- Popular culture --- Cultural studies --- Cultural history --- Social aspects