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 used to be widespread and common throughout Southern Africa. However, over
the past decades marriage rates have substantially declined in the whole region. Marriage …

The payment of bridewealth or lobola is a longstanding cultural practice that has persisted in
South Africa despite significant societal shifts over the past two decades. Lobola has always …

This paper draws on qualitative research in Jiwaka Province, in the highlands of Papua New
Guinea (PNG), to examine the changing nature of marriage in that context. In particular, it …

Early initiatives for an Africanist contribution to queer studies launched in the 2000s sought
to create more synergies between the then emerging networks of activists and …

Grounded in ethnography, this monograph explores the ambiguity of English as a lingua
franca by focusing on identity politics of language and race in contemporary South Africa …

To better understand migrants' adjustments to varying class structures at multiple places, the
linguistic concept of code-switching is translated into the novel concept of class-switching. I …

Objective This study examines trends over several decades in bridewealth marriage and
analyzes the association of bridewealth with women's experiences in marriage in a rural sub …

This article combines the theoretical lenses of bridal identity and liminal consumption to
illustrate the processes of problem-solving, negotiation and reconciliation through which the …

Bride price in China, the groom-to-bride monetary transfer, generally falls into realms of
sociology and cultural studies, with the media perspective less explored, particularly when it …