Decline of Marriage in Namibia – Kinship and Social Class in a Rural Community

Julia Pauli is Professor of Social and Cultural Anthropology at the University of Hamburg, Germany. Her main research interests are gender and kinship studies, transnational migration, and class formation processes. She has conducted extensive ethnographic fieldwork in Mexico (since 1995) and Namibia (since 2003). For "Anthropology Southern Africa" she co-edited a special issue on continuity and change in Southern African marriages with Rijk van Dijk (2016/2017).

• 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.

»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.«