- Title
- Changing marriage practices: the case of urban working class in East London, South Africa
- Creator
- Stofile, Zimkhitha Sphokazi
- Subject
- Marriage -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Subject
- Interpersonal relations
- Date
- 2014
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- M Soc Sc (African Studies)
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10353/1283
- Identifier
- vital:26542
- Identifier
- Marriage -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Identifier
- Interpersonal relations
- Description
- This research sought to examine changing meaning of marriage and meaning of family among urban working class residing in East London and how their perceptions of marriage have shifted from the orthodox norms. This study was conducted in Amalinda, which is one of the East London suburbs. Interviews were conducted with male and female informants. It is acknowledged in this study that marriage has traditionally been regarded as imperative in both African and Western cultures. However, there have been some drastic changes in the marriage institution in the twenty-first century. This study found out that people have shifted from the orthodox practices of marriage. The traditional culture has been influenced by various factors such as education, globalisation, and urbanisation. Furthermore, there has been a rise in the number of people who cohabit, increase in the age of first marriage, premarital childbearing and there has been a decline in the number of polygamous marriages and arranged marriages and a number of people have no problem with same-sex marriages. Furthermore, financial implications and financial securities play are influences on why some people choose or not choose to marry.
- Format
- 108 leaves; 30 cm
- Format
- Publisher
- University of Fort Hare
- Publisher
- Faculty of Social Sciences & Humanities
- Language
- English
- Rights
- University of Fort Hare
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