Marriage by Force? : Contestation over Consent and Coercion in Africa /

With forced marriage, the sensationalized hides the mundane, and oversimplified popular discourses miss the range of experiences. In sub-Saharan Africa, the relationship between coercion and consent in marriage is a complex one that varies over time and place, rendering impossible any single interpr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Roberts, Richard L., 1949- (Editor ), Lawrance, Benjamin N. (Benjamin Nicholas) (Editor ), Bunting, Annie, 1964- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, [2016]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Women's rights.
Marriage customs and rites.
Forced marriage.
Child marriage.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
Women's rights > Africa.
Marriage customs and rites > Africa.
Child marriage > Africa.
Forced marriage > Africa.
Africa.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:With forced marriage, the sensationalized hides the mundane, and oversimplified popular discourses miss the range of experiences. In sub-Saharan Africa, the relationship between coercion and consent in marriage is a complex one that varies over time and place, rendering impossible any single interpretation or explanation. The legal experts, anthropologists, historians, and practitioners contributing to Marriage by Force? focus on the role that marriage plays in labor mobilization, wealth accumulation, and domination versus dependency. They also address the crucial slippage between marriage and other forms of gendered violence, bondage, slavery, and servile status.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (358 pages).
ISBN:9780821445495

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