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Padfield, Lisa Rae. "Colliding constructs : exploring discourses regarding traditional marriage and lesbian marriage : a literature review." Thesis, Link to the online version, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10019/700.
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Madden, Benjamin. "Traditional marriage in Papua New Guinea and selected canons on consent." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1997. http://www.tren.com.
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Li, Zhanjiang Joseph. "The traditional Chinese parents' role and matrimonial consent." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1999. http://www.tren.com.
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Gildae, Catherine Anne. "Good, old-fashioned, traditional family values? the meaning of marriage availability for female same-sex couples and their families /." View dissertation online, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2047/d10016429.
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Erwin, Benjamin R. "A comparison of The Marriage Checkup and traditional marital therapy : examining distress levels at intake for student couples /." Diss., CLICK HERE for online access, 2008. http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/ETD/image/etd2451.pdf.
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Viẽ̂n, Thê ́Nguyẽ̂n. "The traditional role of parents or guardians in Vietnamese marriages and canonical freedom of consent." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online, 1994. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p029-0301.
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Ramnath, Prudence. "Are traditional African practices relating to child marriages in the face of HIV/AIDS in violation to the South African legal framework?" Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/5124.
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Magister Philosophiae - MPhilThe main aim of this study is to analyse how traditional African practices relating to child marriages violate the South African legal framework in the face of HIV/AIDS, as well as assessing it's response to child marriage in compliance with international and regional human rights standards. The specific objectives are: 1) To analyse traditional African practices in relation to child marriages in South Africa. 2) To discuss international and regional standards on the protection of child marriages linked to harmful cultural practices. 3) To show how different traditional African practices relating to child marriages violate the South African legal framework in light of international human rights standards.
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McAllister, Shelece. "An Exploratory Analysis of Factors Associated with Participation in Self-Directed and Traditional Marriage and Relationship Education." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2012. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/2968.
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Although self-directed marriage and relationship education (MRE) has the potential to reach a larger or different audience than traditional MRE, little has been done to examine the characteristics of those who access self-directed materials. This study examined individual, couple, family, and sociocultural context variables that predicted participation in both self-directed and traditional MRE programs. A series of logistic regressions were conducted using SPSS 19.0. Different factors predicted participation for each intervention. For self-directed programs, those who were older, more educated, more religious, less materialistic, whose partners were more neurotic, who had been dating for a shorter amount of time, and who had poorer relationships with their mothers were more likely to participate, while a wider range of factors predicted participation in traditional programs. Family life educators should consider creating self-directed materials designed to reach a wider audience.
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Morris, Robert Nathanael. "Surfing the Tide of Sex Anarchy: How Sexual Co-Revolutionaries Remade Evangelical Marriage, 1960-1980." Scholar Commons, 2016. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/6328.
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This project examines the conservative evangelical response to 1960s era sexual revolution in order to explain how and why evangelicals both resisted and adapted tenets of sexual modernity in a process that transformed the theological foundations underlying the conception of Christian marriage and sexuality. Though evangelicals and conservatives are typically portrayed as resistors to cultural and sexual change, my research reveals the ways in which conservative evangelicals agreed with key critiques of the sexual status quo in the 1960s, and deliberately worked to change Christian teachings and attitudes to keep them vibrant and attractive to postwar generations. Previous examinations of evangelical thought on sexuality has focused on rhetorical analysis and social history to the exclusion of examinations of the close ties between evangelical marital theology, sexual practice, and political activism. This project seeks to integrate all three into a cohesive historical framework that reveals evangelical response to sexual revolution as more complex and adaptive than it is typically described.
Close readings of conservative evangelical texts from 1960 to 1980 combine the long term editorial trajectory of Christianity Today magazine with ideological and theological texts from the 1960s with popular, practical texts from the 1970s to demonstrate that the evangelical marriage project was deliberate, deeply rooted in a modern hermeneutic of Biblical interpretation, and nimble in its ability and willingness to adapt changing sexual attitudes to accommodate Christian theology and practice. The resulting portrait of evangelical response to sexual revolution is more complex, contextualized, and nuanced than previous narratives.
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Lumbwe, Kapambwe. "The role of music in the traditional marriage ceremonies of the Bemba-speaking people of northern Zambia." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7981.
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Includes bibliographical references (leaves 194-199).Bemba traditional society views marriage as the union of a man and woman forever. In addition, marriage also signifies the bringing together and amalgamation of the bride and groom's immediate and extended families, thereby extending the sense of communalism in Bemba society. Because of the Bemba people's strong sense of oral tradition, marriages are contracted by word of mouth and not by a certificate. This strong sense of oral agreement has endured and is revered and respected, despite the rapid increase in literacy and the impact of inter- racial relations and modernization. From the time a man finds a woman to marry to the time they actually marry, there are different ceremonies that have to be performed. These ceremonies include: Ukusonga (proposal), Ukukobekela (engagement), Ubwinga (wedding), Amatebeto (honoring) and Ukwingisha (lit. putting something into a container or enclosure, but denotes the highest level of honor). Ukusonga marks the beginning of the marriage process. It involves the delivery of a marriage proposal by a man to a woman through an intermediary (go-between or spokesman) known as Shibukombe. Ukukobekela follows immediately after that, and involves the presentation of a betrothal or engagement present called insalamo, to the family of the woman. Once all marriage negotiations are concluded the two families begin to make necessary preparations for the wedding ceremony Ubwinga, which is celebrated at the home of the bride. With time, a married man who proves to be a good husband, a good father and indeed a good member of the community, will be honored by his inlaws who will initiate the Ukwingisha ceremony on his behalf. Since the notion of having honor and being honored is highly valued in Bemba society, this ceremony is particularly important to a married man as it establishes a strong sense of pride and belonging both for him and his family. As such, this ceremony can be regarded as a public display of worthiness, which suggests that certain codes of conduct have successfully been negotiated, on the part of both the man and the woman.
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DuPree, William Jared. "Examining marriage and family therapists in non-traditional areas of application : an ecological systems theory of creativity approach." Diss., Manhattan, Kan. : Kansas State University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/274.
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Erwin, Benjamin Richard. "A Comparison of the Marriage Checkup and Traditional Marital Therapy: Examining Distress Levels at Intake for Student Couples." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2008. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/1464.
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The Marriage Checkup (Cordova, Warren & Gee, 2001) was introduced as a brief intervention targeting couples at risk for severe marital distress. The purpose of this study was to examine married couples who participated in The Marriage Checkup for levels of individual and relational stress and severity of presenting problems recorded at intake. Differences were investigated between couples who, though initially requesting the brief Marriage Checkup, elected to continue with traditional marital therapy and couples who only participated in traditional marital therapy. The group means were compared using a structural equation model in order to account for the non-independence of distress within a relationship. Results showed that Marriage Checkup couples reported lower distress levels than couples who received traditional marital therapy even if they transitioned from the Marital Checkup into marital therapy. Additional analyses compared levels of distress and presenting problems for the two Marriage Checkup groups: couples who only completed the Marriage Checkup and couples who also transitioned into traditional marital therapy. Couples who only participated in the Marriage Checkup had lower levels of individual distress for husbands and lower levels of relational distress than did couples who participated in the Marriage Checkup and then transitioned into traditional marital therapy. Clinical implications are discussed.
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Letsoalo, Ngoanamogale Maggie. "An investigation into some traditional rites among the Letsoalo clan." Thesis, University of Limpopo (Turfloop Campus), 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10386/855.
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Mbete, Asanda Nodolly. "Evaluating the impact on the girl child through the criminal activities associated with the practice of ukuthwala." University of the Western Cape, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/7323.
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Magister Philosophiae - MPhilUkuthwala is an ancient cultural practice that has been exercised in various parts of South Africa, especially in the Eastern Cape. It occurs in different communities and is informed by traditional beliefs. The man’s family devises a plan to bring the girl to their compound without her knowledge. In some instances, this plan is formulated together with the girl’s family, but when the man’s family acts without the prior knowledge of the girl’s family, they are obligated to inform them by means of a letter, or by delegating a family member, that their daughter is not missing. Furthermore, the man’s family will request a day with the girl’s family for lobolo (dowry) negotiations for the girl. The girl’s family will oversee the process of ukuthwala to ensure that all the requirements are met and that there is mutual understanding between the families; however, this is done without the involvement of the girl child (Mjwara, 2014).
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Travis, Melissa E. "Assume the Position: Exploring Discipline Relationships." Digital Archive @ GSU, 2013. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/sociology_diss/71.
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Discipline relationships are consensual adult relationships between submissive and dominant partners who employ authority and corporal punishment. This population uses social media to discuss the private nature of their ritualized fantasies, desires, and practices. Participants of these relationships resist a sadomasochistic label of BDSM or domestic abuse. I conducted in-depth interviews and narrative analysis of social media to explore experiences and identities of people in discipline relationships. The sample includes social media bloggers and past and present participants in discipline relationships. I compared explanations participants give for wanting and participating in discipline relationships. I combine identity theory, constructionism, post-structuralism, and critical feminism as an analytic frame to understand this practice sociologically. I found gender differences in the media format and communication style of participants, but the ritualized expressions for discipline relationships remain consistent regardless of gender. The social process of community identification for participants includes coming out, educating others and “inviting in.” The online community provides a forum for relationship negotiation techniques, and encouraging the embrace of non-normative sexual identity. Participants use social media to form a nascent social movement that resists normative views of sexuality and relationships in the dominant culture.
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Lauro, Giovanna. "Preventing forced marriage : a comparative analysis of France and Great Britain." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2012. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:34224256-4817-49fb-8b4c-4e5e9acb708c.
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This study aims at ascertaining via a cross-country/cross-city comparison why different national contexts characterized by allegedly opposite ideologies concerning the incorporation of immigrants (namely, the British Race Relations/multicultural model and French republicanism) have led to the adoption of similar policy tools in the prevention of forced unions amongst young people of ethnic minority background. In order to do so, the study will examine French republican and British multicultural rhetoric and policies aimed at the prevention of forced marriage at different institutional levels, with a focus on the preventive role played by the educational sector and within a historical institutionalist theoretical framework. The comparison begins with a consideration of French and British national rhetoric and policies against forced marriage from 1997 to 2008 to develop an adequate framework for the analysis of the preventive role attributed to educational policies in four major localities (the capital cities, Paris and London, and the second two largest cities per population size, Lyon and Birmingham). Despite differences in the policies and rhetoric adopted by multicultural Britain and republican France to tackle forced unions, the study hypothesizes a common trend in the ways French and British public authorities conceptualize the practice of forced marriage - intended mainly as the product of cultural difference. Similarities in the conceptualization of the practice, in turn, have contributed to the identification of similar policy tools despite dissimilar institutional contexts. Such a hypothesis contrasts with one of the key claims of historical institutionalism, according to which dissimilar institutions lead to different policy outcomes across different countries. The study will introduce the role of ideas – in the form of frames (Bleich 2003) – as a tool to explain the reasons why French and British policies aimed at the prevention of forced unions have led to similar policy outcomes despite dissimilar institutional contexts.
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Olaogun, James Adeola. "The penetration of Catholic Christian teachings on the canonical form of marriage into traditional Yoruba culture : inculturation as the way forward." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/30606.
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The African Understanding of marriage is undoubtedly to be numbered among those customs and usages which must be integrated into the Christian tradition to help towards the creation of a genuinely African Christianity. Christian marriage in Africa finds itself torn between three major demands, namely: the claim of the Gospel as interpreted by Western Christianity, the claims of African tradition, and the claims of modern men and women. This is due to the problem created by the standard which the African Church inherited from the Western Christian Community and its past, made worse by much uncertainty as to the place or implications of the standard for men and women in Africa today. For many decades, Western Scholars have defined and described the African traditional beliefs, institutions and practices in terms contrary to their own faiths and experiences. Early missionaries, explorers, and other foreign investigators branded the religious practices and traditional institutions of the African peoples in such unacceptable and derogatory terms as animism, paganism, heathenism and fetishism. Anything that did not come from the "civilised" world was labelled "primitive". Modern researches based on more thorough sociological, anthropological, linguistic, and theological verifications have demonstrated the inadequacies of the former theories. Through this study, the researcher has demonstrated that the traditional Yoruba institutions and practices like marriage and family life, can and should serve as a point of contact for a kerygmatic proclamation. We must continue to explore ways to put such cultural information at the disposal of the reflecting minister and faith community both critically and practically. The study has suggested at least three postures from which the conversation between the religious tradition and cultural information might begin: (a) the religious tradition challenges the culture; (b) the religious tradition is challenged by the culture; (c) the religious tradition uses the resources of the culture in pursuit of its own religious mission.
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Dobrá, Simona. "Rodina ve 21. století v krajích a okresech ČR." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2012. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-165563.
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The thesis is focused on family in the early 21st century in the Czech Republic. The basic objective is to analyze important differences in for-family behaviour (in terms of traditional families) based on selected demographic indicators in regions and districts of the Czech Republic. The theoretical part describes basic concepts related to family, its functions and changes of the family. Czech families are studied mainly on evidence of selected statistical data published by the Czech Statistical Office. To determine the regional disparities, in approach to the concept of family at the district level, the synthetic indicator T has been designed. In the final part, the economic and social conditions (unemployment, education, etc.) affecting the people's approaches to the concept of family are examined within districts.
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Lackovich-Van, Gorp Ashley N. "Positive Deviance and Child Marriage by Abduction in the Sidama Zone of Ethiopia." Antioch University / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1412885500.
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Milićević, Zorana. "Children and the benefits of gender equality : negotiating traditional and modern gender expectations in a Mexican village." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 2014. http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/887/.
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The transformation of traditional gender ideology has been actively promoted in Mexican society over recent decades. While adults’ renegotiations of traditional ideals and their efforts to forge modern relations have received significant ethnographic attention, little is known about how children in Mexico engage with the contradictions inherent in the coexistence of old and new expectations. This thesis, based on twelve months of ethnographic fieldwork, explores children’s readiness to resist gender divisions and embrace gender equality in the Mexican village of Metztitlán in the state of Hidalgo. The research focused on the, often contradictory, information that was made available to children at home, in the neighbourhood and in the school setting and on how children, aged between six and eleven, negotiated expectations that concerned aggressive behaviour, toy use and the division of labour. The thesis asks whether children regarded gender divisions as problematic and, if they did, whether this translated into readiness to resist traditional expectations through everyday interactions. It pays particular attention to how different kinds of audiences both influenced and were influenced by children’s resistance to gender divisions. The finding is that in domains, such as toy use or the division of labour, in which egalitarian alternatives to traditional expectations were available (e.g. through schooling), most girls and boys, in conversations with the anthropologist, expressed their allegiance to gender equality. However, children did not put these attitudes to work through interactions with peers and adults unless they found personally meaningful advantages in egalitarian arrangements. When they recognised tangible benefits of equality, they not only showed readiness to resist traditional divisions themselves but also to encourage adults to do the same.
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Karavoulias, Caroline. "Child Empowerment and Individual Choice : An analysis of the Indian law with the help of Nussbaum’s Capabilities approach." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Teologiska institutionen, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-254247.
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More than half of all the girls in India today are married before the age of 18. This derives from gender inequality and discrimination, which has lead to several health issues. At the same time, the Indian state has passed legislation prohibiting the practice of child marriage and made it possible for girls to void their marriages. The law gives the girls more empowerment even if they are minor, which poses some further issues related to age, consent and substantial freedom. The contradiction in the law’s implementation depends on a disparity between the state and customary laws as well as modern versus traditional norms. With the help of Martha Nussbaum’s Capabilities approach, this study tries to understand the law prohibiting child marriage in India and its restrictions, focusing on girl child empowerment and individual choice. The findings show the limitations in the law in regards to parental consent and children’s rights against their parents. The reason why theories like ours, promoting universal norms should be justified, is contingent on the belief that child marriages are harmful to girls’ health. This is furthermore knowledge that should be taught through education for children and adults, which then might alter the gender inequalities developed within the realms of social customs.
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Wangai, Frederick Kimani. "The marriage institution." Berlin Viademica-Verl, 2009. http://d-nb.info/99421345X/04.
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Sangweni, Nomusa Happiness. "Ingonyuluka mayelana nokubhidlika kwemishado kugxilwe esifundeni Sasothungulu, Emhlathuze." Thesis, University of Zululand, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10530/1425.
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A dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Arts in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in the Department of African Languages at the University of Zululand, South Africa, 2014The research looks at the causes of divorce. It compares the marriages of olden times or traditional and the modern marriages. Chapter one is the general introduction which relates to the motivation of study. The researcher introduces the research. It concentrates on the aims of study, research methodology, beneficiaries of the research, research obstacles, delimitation of scope and conclusion. Chapter two deals with theories related to the topic. It covers the following theories: Historical, Feminism and Modernisation. Chapter three looks at various African traditions and customs that are performed during the process of wedding ceremony. It also compares the traditional marriage and modern marriage. Chapter four analyses closely the causes of divorce which include disrespect, education, employment of women, money, lack of natural love, infertility, unfaithfulness, alcoholism and violence. Chapter five the findings, recommendations and conclusion.
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Nyokunda, Omeonga Josephine. "Indissolubilite catholique et coutumes africaines : discussion sur le mariage traditionnel africain /." Bern ; New York : Peter Lang, 2008. http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&doc_number=016495766&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA.
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Morrill, Pamela Kandior. "Couples in Great Marriages with a Traditional Structure and Egalitarian Relationship." DigitalCommons@USU, 2006. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/2842.
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This study researched the possibility of an egalitarian relationship coexisting with a traditional role-structured marriage. Qualitative methods were used to gather data from a national sample using a 3 1-page questionnaire. Out of the larger Great Marriage Research Study of 130 respondents (65 couples), 14 couples fit the criteria for this study in that they had a traditional structure to their marriage and both felt their was a balance of power between them. Their stories were analyzed to discover what their marriages were like and how they talked about and operationalized an egalitarian relationship. Findings from this research indicated that it is possible to have an egalitarian marriage relationship paired with a traditional role-structure. The findings can contribute to marriage education for couples who choose to live with a traditional structure, but want an egalitarian relationship.
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Warui, Edward Ndungu. "Adverse effects of Kikuyu traditions to Christian marriages." Berlin Viademica-Verl, 2009. http://d-nb.info/997338946/04.
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Olson, Ted. "The Bristol Sessions: A Memorable Marriage of Tradition and Technology." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2012. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/1130.
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Nguyen, Minh Huu. "Tradition and change in Vietnamese marriage patterns in the Red River Delta /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/8900.
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Atede, Godwin. ""Trial marriage" in Nigeria Igala as a case study: a moral-theological investigation." Hamburg Kovač, 2006. http://www.verlagdrkovac.de/978-3-8300-2840-6.htm.
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Pande, Raksha. "Wedding to tradition? : Arranged Marriages and South Asians in Britain." Thesis, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, 2010. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.519561.
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Huang, Pengli, and 黄鹏丽. "Gender, mobility, and the space in-between : Vietnamese brides negotiating the boundaries of tradition and modernity at the China-Vietnam border." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/210182.
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China-Vietnam marriages attract increasing public attention in China and trigger many discussions on the phenomenon of “Vietnamese brides”. The discussions are often linked to the rapid modernization of the border areas since the 1990s, caused by the re-opening of the border, the prosperity of the transnational economy, and the increase of cross-border mobility between the two countries. However, modernity in the borderlands has been “compressed” and unsystematic, which has a major impact on cross-border marriages. This study, thus, is designed to examine how individuals in China-Vietnam marriages have gone through the situation of compressed modernity.
A qualitative research paradigm was adopted to guide this study and twenty-nine Vietnamese brides were identified as key informants and interviewed carefully for data collection. The aim is not only to refute the popular discourses that see Vietnamese brides as “traditional”, “money-loving” and “ignorant” women, but also to present how they construct a modern self, reclaim and reshape their identities as “Vietnamese brides”, and create different life chances and spaces through their cross border marriage and mobility.
Findings and analyses show that Vietnamese brides’ making of a modern self is a continuing disembedment and re-embedment process within which gender relations are re-negotiated, reshaped, and reproduced. In terms of their different social class and positions, they have resorted to different ideals of femininities to recreate their images and identities as “Vietnamese brides”. Useful tactics, such as making concessions, running away, or excelling, have been developed or strategically adopted by these women to claim their agency and subjectivity in intimate relationships.
Importantly, the specific context of the China-Vietnam border has provided varied opportunities and resources for Vietnamese brides to go beyond the state’s regulations and constraints on citizenship and to experiment the alternatives. Through taking advantage of the situations of 乱(chaos) and the benefits of living in the space “inbetween”, Vietnamese brides have developed different transnational networks and practiced their maternal citizenship at these border zones.
Modernity is the outcome of globally connected histories but with uneven consequences. Although individuals are all included in modernity, they are differently positioned within it. Thus modernity is not monolithic and it is experienced differently and has varied consequences for gendered and sexual relations in different parts of the world. This research on Vietnamese brides has engaged with current academic debates around modernity and intimacy, and the purpose is to reveal the increasing complexity and diversity of patterns of intimacy in compressed modernity. It provides a good empirical case to elucidate that even within a relatively small specific region of the borderlands, there is also a highly complex and fluid social system of compressed modernity. Vietnamese brides’ varying practices of intimacy not only question the Western-centric theorization of modernity but also indicate their different ways to participate in and engage with modernity.published_or_final_version
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El-Khouri, Klink Zeina. "Beyond the tantur : female attire traditions in 19th-century Mount Lebanon." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.310511.
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McEvoy, Michael Desmond. "Madeirans in Cape Town: Immigration documentation, marriage and settlement, 1900s to the 1970s." University of the Western Cape, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/6644.
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Magister Artium - MAThis thesis traces the immigration of Madeirans to Cape Town and their settlement from the 1900s to the 1970s. It focuses on how exclusionary legislation from 1902 affected Madeiran entry, how they managed to circumvent it and the documents required for immigration over this long period. Particular attention is drawn to the role of women in the migration process, the nature of the households and the impact of women in shaping a settled Madeiran population. The thesis examines the role Portuguese organisations played and continue to play in maintaining cultural and religious values and the extent to which these values have been retained in the second and later generations. This thesis seeks to ask to what extent the Madeiran migration experience bears commonalities with other groups, particularly Indians, or whether unique features are discernible. Indians and Madeirans were both regarded as ‘undesirable’ and subject to literacy tests, domicile certificates, permits and certificates of identity. Illegal entry was common to both groups. Chain migration featured in their decision to leave the poverty of their homeland. The split-household was the dominant household form. Once settled, Indian and Madeiran wives played a key role in the business and in passing on their cultural and religious values. Both groups established cultural organisations. Despite these commonalities, Madeiran migration displayed certain unique features compared to Indians.
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Atede, Godwin. ""Trial Marriage" in Nigeria : Igala as a Case Study ; a Moral-Theological Investigation /." Hamburg : Kovač, 2007. http://www.verlagdrkovac.de/978-3-8300-2840-6.htm.
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OLIVEIRA, CAROLINA MENDES CAMPOS. "BETWEEN THE TRADITION AND THE CONTEMPORARY: THE CHANGES OF MARRIAGE IN THE VIEW OF SINGLE YOUNG PEOPLE." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2005. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=6592@1.
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COORDENAÇÃO DE APERFEIÇOAMENTO DO PESSOAL DE ENSINO SUPERIOREsse trabalho se propõe a investigar o posicionamento que os jovens solteiros têm frente às marcantes mudanças que alteraram o significado do casamento, principalmente, ao longo das últimas décadas. Para tal, realizamos um estudo de campo utilizando entrevistas individuais cujos temas envolviam: definição de casamento; casamento na época dos pais e avós; avaliação das mudanças do casamento para a sociedade atual; efeitos da separação e do divórcio. A opção de escutarmos os jovens solteiros foi feita pelo fato de os considerarmos representantes da geração dos que podem concretizar, manter ou reformular essas mudanças, uma vez que se encontram frente à possibilidade do casamento. Realizamos, inicialmente, um breve levantamento bibliográfico a respeito do casamento no início do século XX, contrapondo, em seguida, esse modelo ao observado nos dias atuais. Discutimos, também, os desdobramentos que a modernização e a ideologia individualista tiveram nesse processo de mudanças. Em um outro momento, nos voltamos para a figura dos jovens solteiros, apontando a importância de ouvi-los e destacando algumas influências familiares e sociais que poderiam interferir em seus pontos de vista. As entrevistas revelaram que o posicionamento desses jovens frente ao casamento é influenciado por diferentes valores, sendo o principal objetivo destes sujeitos a busca da felicidade, independente do caminho escolhido ser mais conservador ou mais liberal.
The purpose of this study is to investigate the young people`s position on the significant changes that have altered the meaning of marriage, mainly in this last decade. Consequently a field study was made using individual interviews whose theme envolved: a definition of marriage; marriage at the time of their parents and grandparents; an avaliation of the changes in marriage in modern society; effects of separation and divorce. The choice of interviewing single young people was because we consider them as representatives of a generation that may substantiate, maintain or reformulate these changes, once they are faced with the possibility of a marriage themselves. Initially, we carried out a bibliographie survey on marriage at the beginning of the 20 th century, comparing this model to the ones nowadays. The unfolding of modernization and the individual ideologies were also discussed in this process of transformations. In another moment, we focused on the figure of the single young people, pointing out the importance of listening to them and what their opinions were according to their family influences and also as regards the social aspects that might have interfered in their points of view. These interviews revealed that the position of these young people on marriage is influenced by different values, of which the main purpose is the search of happiness, independent of the way chosen, may it be more conservative or more liberal.
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Bila, T. J. "Nkanelo wa matekanelo ya ndhavuko wa vaTsonga." Thesis, University of Limpopo, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10386/1445.
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Robinson, Majied John. "Prosopographical approaches to the nasab tradition : a study of marriage and concubinage in the tribe of Muḥammad, 500-750 CE." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/9464.
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This thesis will demonstrate how prosopographical methods can be used to provide a narrative of social change for the Quraysh tribe of Late Antiquity. By applying these methods to records of their marriage behaviour, it will be shown that the pre-Islamic Quraysh led a far more marginal existence than is widely thought, and that in the post- Islamic period they were surprisingly flexible with regard to their marriage practices and ideas on group membership. The first three chapters focus on historiography and methodology. Chapter One introduces the methodological preliminaries that lie at the heart of this research; these concern the nature of the data, the manner in which it is extracted and the way it will be structured within databases. Issues regarding the quality and reliability of the marital records as preserved in the nasab (tr: genealogical) literary tradition are also discussed in this section. Chapter Two provides a historiography of the nasab tradition, paying particular attention to the nature of its emergence and the possible effects of social and cultural contexts on the quality of the marriage data. This provides the groundwork for Chapter Three which focuses more narrowly on the work from which most of our data are extracted – the Nasab Quraysh of al-Zubayrī (d. 851). The remaining five chapters outline how the data within the nasab tradition can be analysed and incorporated into existing secondary scholarship. Chapters Four and Five establish that the data show a rapid rise in concubinage at the same time as the Arab military conquests of the seventh century. This has implications for our current consensus on the nature of marriage and identity in the seventh and eighth centuries. Chapters Six to Eight investigate the marriages made by the Quraysh to Arab women in the sixth to eighth centuries, and will show how practice adapted to context. To conclude, it will be argued that this investigation not only establishes the high quality of the marriage data as preserved in the nasab tradition, but also the enormous potential of prosopographical methods when applied to the study of early Islamic history.
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Ben, Amara Ahlem. "Le "Naç" une tradition musicale de Tataouine (Tunisie)." Thesis, Paris 5, 2012. http://www.theses.fr/2012PA05H046.
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A Tataouine, le chant est profondément lié aux diverses activités quotidiennes, y compris les occasions de fêtes. Sa pratique témoigne d’un grand échange culturel. Cette recherche présente un genre vocal appelé naç, connu dans la région de Tataouine (Sud-est de la Tunisie). Elle a pour objectif de présenter le genre vocal naç, de mettre en valeur la production musicale de l’homme et de la femme et de présenter le rituel du mariage qui est une importante occasion de production musicale. La thèse se subdivise en quatre parties : Après une présentation géographique de la région, La deuxième partie présente le genre vocal naç. Elle interroge la pratique musicale dans la région de Tataouine en étudiant les thématiques abordées par la femme et l’homme. La troisième partie étudie la fête du mariage chez trois tribus : Ouled Dabbâb, Ouled Ch’hida et les Dghâghra. Nous examinons le déroulement des rituels en dégageant les chants qui les accompagnent. La quatrième partie comprend des analyses musicales du répertoire chanté. Cette analyse porte d’un côté sur les éléments musicaux (échelles, ambitus, intervalles..), de l’autre côté, elle étudie les rapports entre la musique et la poésie. Cela révèle deux différents types de chant : chants mélismatiques simples du domaine festif et chants mélismatiques riche en phonèmes significatifs du domaine privéIn Tataouine, singing is deeply linked to various daily activities, including ceremonies. Its practice testifies big cultural exchanges. This research introduces a vocal called naç, known in the region of Tataouine (Southeast of Tunisia). It has as objective to introduce vocal type naç, to emphasize the musical production of men and women and to introduce the ritual of wedding which is an important opportunity of musical production. This Thesis includes four parts: the first one is a geographical presentation of the region; the second part introduces vocal type naç. It questions the musical practice in the region of Tataouine by studying themes approached by women and men. The third part studies the wedding ceremonies of three tribes: Ouled Dabbâb, Ouled Ch' hida and Dghâghra. We examine the sequence of rituals by clearing singing which accompany them. In The fourth part, we introduce a musical analysis of a selection of songs. This analysis, in one of its parts, focus on the musical elements (ladders, ambitus, and spaces). In another part, it studies the relationship between music and poem. It reveals two different types of singing: singing mélismatiques singing simple of festive domain and mélismatiques rich in significant phonemes of private domain
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Perot, Sandra. "Reconstructing Molly Welsh race, memory and the story of Benjamin Banneker's grandmother /." Connect to this title, 2008. http://scholarworks.umass.edu/theses/210/.
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Margolis, Emily S. "Art After Death: A Heuristic Study of Death and Tradition." Digital Commons at Loyola Marymount University and Loyola Law School, 2011. https://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/etd/90.
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This heuristic research examines the personal and therapeutic importance of exploring ones cultural interpretations of death and dying. The research began at a Día de los Muertos celebration in Los Angeles, CA and my observations of that event were used as an inspiration to create meaningful art. Through analysis and examination of the artwork I addressed my individual and clinical struggles regarding death. The knowledge I gained exploring my own questions concerning death and dying can be used to avoid encumbrances to my provision of effective therapy in the future.
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Foss, Hilde Johanne Bjugn. "The Hmong in the twin cities : generational and gender differences in the perception of kinship, marriage and prestige /." Oslo : Dept. of Social Anthropology, Universitetet i Oslo, 2007. http://www.duo.uio.no/publ/sai/2007/53328/hovedfagsoppgave_hildefoss.pdf.
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Yap, Yee-Yin, and Abigail Leffler. "A Communication Analysis for UNICEF Lebanon - A media landscape of Lebanon, media consumption habits of Syrian refugees and potential C4D interventions to promote social inclusion and child/youth protection for Syrian children and youths in Lebanon." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS), 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-21850.
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The objective of this study is to put forward informed C4D recommendations to help organizations like UNICEF combat the situation for Syrian refugee children and youths in Lebanon, who through displacement and resettling into the complex Lebanese socio-political landscape may be at risk of becoming a lost generation. This paper focuses on the prevention and elimination of actions such as bullying, sexual harassment, gender-based violence, and early marriage.Conceptual framework: the communication theoretical framework considers Bourdieu’s habitus model as well as the uses and gratification model. Concepts conducive to social cohesion include citizenship, communitas and cosmopolitanism.Methodology: data were gathered through a variety of primary and secondary sources. The former includes semi-structured interviews with subject matter experts and analysis of UNICEF’s external communication practices. The latter comprises the collection, assessment, comparison and summarizing of various reports about Lebanese media.Findings: Lebanon has a pluralistic media landscape, though it appears fragmented, reflecting its socio-political sectarian situation. The media in Lebanon is criticized for lack of public service. The arts scene seems to fill a void in terms of examining the collective memory in respect of not only the civil war (1975-1990) but also of social issues arising as a result of globalization and modernity. Syrians in Lebanon consume Lebanese media as much as media from their own country. Interpersonal communication channels appear to be the preferred mode of communication among both the host and the refugee communities, although among the youth social media platforms such as WhatsApp and Facebook are commonplace. Among the traditional media channels, television appears to be popular. The representation of Syrian refugees in Lebanese media is varied, with about one fourth of the published material portraying Syrians as a security issue.Results: a series of C4D recommendations that use sports and the arts as an overarching theme.
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Hempstead, Brooke M. "Tradition versus equality an ideological analysis of the presidential campaign rhetoric of George W. Bush and John Kerry regarding gay marriage /." Online access for everyone, 2005. http://www.dissertations.wsu.edu/Thesis/Spring2005/b%5Fhempstead%5F050305.pdf.
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Milébou, Ndjavé Kelly Marlène. "Performances de Brice Senah Ambenga, un conteur orungu du Gabon, en situation d’oralité première et de néo-oralité." Thesis, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016USPCF013.
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Cette thèse porte sur l’oralité orungu et notamment sur le conte. Elle est axée sur les performances d’un conteur, Brice Senah Ambenga, dans deux situations de communication différentes. En prenant comme point de départ la performance comme critère définitoire, elle analyse les contes en oralité première, en l’occurrence dans la veillée, la palabre de mariage et de deuil, l’initiation au Bwiti, mais également en néo-oralité, à savoir à la radio et lors de sa mise en spectacle. L’observation du même énonciateur aboutit au questionnement novateur suivant : la situation de communication a-t-elle des incidences sur la performance, la langue et les textes ? Cette problématique est analysée en neuf chapitres.Le premier présente la société à laquelle le conteur appartient et comprend un aperçu de son histoire et de son organisation sociopolitique.Dans le second chapitre, il est question du cadre théorique dans lequel se situe l’analyse, appuyée sur les notions d’oralité, de littérature orale et de performance. Par ailleurs, une interrogation sur la notion de "parole" et de "genres littéraires orungu" est proposée.Le troisième chapitre présente le conteur, son répertoire et les situations de communication déclinées en plusieurs circonstances.Les chapitres quatre à huit analysent les performances de ce conteur. Il s’agit de contextualiser et de décrire chaque performance i.e. situation d’énonciation, ainsi que les contes qui y sont énoncés, de manière à isoler leurs caractéristiques.Enfin, le dernier chapitre compare les caractéristiques des performances en oralité première et en néo-oralité.L’analyse s’appuie sur le corpus des contes transcrits et traduits dans le volume 2This thesis focuses on the orungu orality, in particular the orungu tale. It is centred on the performance of a storyteller, Brice Senah Ambenga, in two different communication situations. Taking performance as a defining criterion for a starting point, the study analyses tales in the traditional orality, in this case, during the wake, the marriage and mourning palaver, the initiation into Bwiti, but also in neo-orality, on the radio and when being staged. The observation of the same enunciator leads to the following innovative question: Does communication situation have any effect on the performance, the language and the texts? The question is analysed in nine chapters.The first chapter presents the storyteller’s society and that includes an overview of his story and the sociopolitical organization of his society.The second chapter is about the theoretical framework in which the analysis is based, supported by the notions of orality, oral literature and performance. Furthermore, a question on the notion of "speech" and "orungu literary genre" is proposed.The third chapter presents the storyteller, his repertoire and communication situations construed in many different circumstances.Chapters four to eight analyse the performances of this storyteller. It is about contextualizing and describing each performance, i.e., the enunciation situation, as well as the tales enunciated therein, so as to isolate their characteristics.Lastly, the last chapter compares performance characteristics of traditional orality and neo-orality.The analysis is based on the corpus of tales transcribed and translated in Volume 2
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Kouakou, Konan Jérôme. "Inscriptions administratives et réalités socioculturelles : une étude des représentations et pratiques d’état civil en Côte d’Ivoire." Thesis, Paris Est, 2009. http://www.theses.fr/2009PEST0006.
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Ce travail est un regard socio-anthropologique sur les inscriptions administratives et les questions qu’elles soulèvent. Il analyse le cas spécifique de l’état civil de Côte d’Ivoire au regard du contexte socioculturel. Il dégage quelques particularités de l’état civil de Côte d’Ivoire à travers l’examen de l’articulation entre le système officiel et les réalités locales. Y a-t-il eu de la part de la Côte d’Ivoire, au moment d’adopter en tant qu’Etat indépendant son propre système d’état civil, un effort de prise en compte de son contexte socioculturel local ? Les modèles et représentations que véhicule le système mis en place à l’indépendance ont-ils un minimum de cohérence avec ceux en cours dans les sociétés ivoiriennes ? Pris entre les impératifs de l’appareillage officiel d’écriture qu’est l’état civil d’une part et le contexte socioculturel d’autre part, comment les acteurs et plus spécialement les usagers se comportent-ils ? Quels types de représentations et pratiques déploient-ils ? Telles sont les interrogations auxquelles tentent de répondre cette recherche. Contrairement à ce à quoi on pouvait s’attendre, au lendemain de son accession à l’indépendance, la Côte d’Ivoire fait le choix d’un système d’état civil qui tient très peu compte du contexte local. Les analyses effectuées font apparaître un décalage entre les modèles (de famille, de mariage, d’identité) véhiculés par l’appareil d’inscription et ceux du contexte socioculturel. Alors que l’état civil promeut des modèles axés sur l’individu et la vérité de l’écrit, les pratiques et usages locaux font une large part au groupe et au non écrit. Cette inadéquation entre le système officiel et les réalités socioculturelles du milieu favorise, bien loin des attentes, un ensemble de représentations et pratiques ambiguësThis essay is a socio-anthropological view on administrative inscriptions and the questions they give rise to. It is an analysis from the specific case of Côte d’Ivoire according to its socio-cultural context. It underlines a few particularities of the civil registry in Côte d’Ivoire through the examination of the articulation between the official system and local realities. Was there from the Côte d’Ivoire, at the time when the country adopted as an independent state its own civil registry system, an effort to consider its local socio-cultural context? Do the models and representations given and defended by the system that came into place at the independence, have a minimum of coherence with those that were already in place in the societies in Côte d’Ivoire? Caught between the imperatives of the official writing that civil registry represents on the one hand, and the sociocultural context on the other hand, how are people, especially users, reacting? What kind of representations do they use? What are their practices? Those are the questions this research is trying to answer to. Contrary to what could have been expected, the day after it gained its independence, the country of Côte d’Ivoire chose a system that did not really take into account the local context. The analyses show a difference between the models (of family, marriage and identity) given by the registration administration and those of the socio-cultural context. When the civil registry is promoting models built on the individual and the supremacy of the script, local customs and practices assign a considerable place to the group and are built on non-written elements. This discrepancy between the official system and the socio-cultural realities are supporting, far from the expectations, ambiguous representations and practices from the civil registry
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Mushibwe, Christine P. "What are the effects of cultural traditions on the education of women? : the study of the Tumbuka people of Zambia)." Thesis, University of Huddersfield, 2009. http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/9090/.
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This study is an investigation of how cultural traditions can militate against the education of women in Zambia with a focus on the Tumbuka tribe. Ethnographic methods were employed over a period of three months in a village in the Eastern Province of the country. Data were collected through participant observation, focus group and in-depth interviews, narratives, and documents. A total of 47 participants comprised the sample. This research cuts through multidisciplinary fields such as social sciences, education and anthropology. Through thematic analysis data were analysed. Evidence in this research demonstrates that patrilineal groupings are strongholds of the patriarchal predisposition and that patriarchal attitudes and cultural traditions do not recognize women as equal partners with men. The Tumbuka women‟s experiences and beliefs reflect socio-cultural traditional norms that tend to limit gender equality, and compel women to accept and justify male domination at the expense of their own status and to regard consequent inequalities as normal. Evidence demonstrates that the initiation rites, an active institution for girls of pubescent age, interfere more with the school-based education of girls. The women are active social agents as well as passive learners who will not allow the girls they are coaching to question the reason or purpose for some traditional practices that are oppressive and directly cause them to fail to complete their schooling successfully. The strong hold that the cultural traditions has on the locals has further resulted in conflicts with modern schooling, which is viewed as disseminating „white‟ man‟s culture and values. Established in this research is the fear and suspicion that the locals have on the outcome of their children learning these values that they see as alien to their own. The modern education provided in school is perceived as a force that undermines cultural values. It is viewed as presenting an inherent challenge to the cultural traditional control measures that are in place. Arguably, while ethnic traditions should be respected and sustained because they define one's identity, aspects of culture which are discriminatory, restrictive and tend to devalue women‟s physical, emotional and psychological development should be eliminated because they are retrogressive. Therefore the argument that deep seated socio-cultural traditions play a significant role in encumbering female education is proven.
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Pequignot, Jennifer L. "Creating an Engaging Tradition: N.W. Ayer & Son and De Beers' Advertising Campaigns in the United States from 1939 to 1952." Miami University / OhioLINK, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1281104096.
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Jarnkvist, Karin. "När jag gifter mig ska jag göra det på riktigt : Berättelser om barn, brudar och bröllop." Doctoral thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-46455.
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Under 2000-talet har antalet vigslar stadigt ökat i Sverige. I den här studien berättar unga män och kvinnor i åtta heterosexuella par om sina bröllop, från det att beslutet om giftermål togs och tills bröllopsdagen är över. Hälften av paren gifter sig borgerligt och övriga enligt Svenska kyrkans vigselordning. Syftet med studien är att förstå den mening som unga vuxna skapar i sina bröllop och i berättelserna om dem. I analysen används reflexiv och narrativ metod kombinerad med teorier från religionssociologi, kultursociologi, familjesociologi, ritstudier och genusvetenskap. Studiens centrala resultat är att bröllop både förenar och skiljer människor åt. På mikronivå, två individer emellan, stärker giftermålet banden inom familjen. Detta gäller dels känslomässigt, dels juridiskt och ekonomiskt. Barnet är centralt i sammanhanget. Samtidigt finns det föreställningar om hur brud och brudgum ska bete sig och framträda i bröllopssammanhanget som kan ha en särskiljande effekt på man och kvinna. På mesonivå beskrivs särskilt den kyrkliga vigseln som ett bra tillfälle att samla släkt och vänner. Flera borgerliga vigslar är däremot hemliga, i syfte att hålla släkt och vänner borta från dem. Själva riten har både en förenande och separerande effekt. Den samlar människor i en gemensam handling men upplevelsen av den är individuell och tolkningarna kan skilja sig åt från person till person. På makronivå, i samhället, framträder bröllopets enande betydelse i att samtliga som gifter sig blir en del av ett kollektiv genom att de följer normen för vad en ”riktig” familj är. Samtidigt separerar det de gifta från personer som inte är gifta vilket också kan ses som en av ritens funktioner. En jämförelse de två vigselgrupperna (borgerlig respektive kyrklig) emellan visar att det uppkommer en åtskillnad av människor som resulterar i två grupper, de som gör vad ”man ska” göra och de som inte gör det. Det stora kyrkliga bröllopet är normerande. Bröllopsnormen upprätthålls genom den offentliga mediala bröllopsberättelsen men kanske främst genom människors praktiker. På metanivå, inom forskningen, kan olika forskningsdiscipliner mötas i studier av bröllop, vilket avhandlingen är ett exempel på. Men tidigare forskning har närmast uteslutande fokuserat på de svenskkyrkliga vigslarna samt trenden med stora bröllop. Den här avhandlingen bidrar till synliggörandet av den vanligt förekommande, men publikt närmast osynliga riten; den lilla borgerliga vigseln.In this study, 16 young Swedish adults share their personal stories about their weddings. The stories start with the couples’ decisions to marry and end with the individual experience of the wedding ceremony. Half of those interviewed have a civil ceremony and the rest marry in church. The study’s purpose is to understand the meaning that young adults create in their weddings and in their stories about them. In the analysis I use narrative and reflexive method combined with theories from sociology of religion, cultural sociology, sociology of the family, ritual studies and gender research. The key result achieved by the study is that weddings unify as well as create tensions. On the micro level, between two individuals, the rite is integrating. Interviewees justify their marriage with the argument that it strengthens ties within the family, in which children are a central part. This applies both to an emotional aspect and to a legal and financial aspect. At the same time, the stories contain notions of how the bride and groom should behave and appear in the wedding context, which may lead to conflicts between the man and woman. The bride is understood to be the main character and the man is supposed to play a supporting role. This legitimises a gender-based division of labor. On the meso-level, the wedding is experienced as a unifying force especially in the relationships of church wedding couples to family and friends. Several couples with civil marriages, however, do not want anyone else on their wedding and separates themselves from other people. On the macro-level, in society, unification appears in the interviewees’ experiences of being part of a collective, those who follow the norm for what a "real" family is. A comparison between the two wedding groups (civil and ecclesiastical) shows, however, one further aspect of tension. A distinction appears between human beings resulting in two groups: those who do the “right thing” (have a big church wedding) and those who do not. This leads to intersectional effects, concerning gender and class, on each individual. The integrating and separating effects of weddings are also seen on the meta-level, within academia. On the one hand, various research disciplines can meet in studies of weddings. But in the selection of the types of weddings that are studied, there are often priorities made that result in distinctions being made. Most studies focus on big weddings, and primarily on church weddings while the others are neglected. My dissertation contributes to the visibility of the common, but publicly almost invisible rite; the small civil wedding.
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Bounang, Mfoungué Cornelia. "Le mariage africain, entre tradition et modernité : étude socio-anthropologique du couple et du mariage dans la culture gabonaise." Phd thesis, Université Paul Valéry - Montpellier III, 2012. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00735563.
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Au Gabon, le mariage est une institution qui permet l'union de deux personnes et de deux familles. Sur le plan juridique, seul le mariage civil a une valeur légale. Mais le mariage traditionnel encore appelé mariage coutumier reste une étape importante durant laquelle se déroule la cérémonie de la dot. Cette étude traite de la manière dont les gabonais se représentent le couple et le mariage. Notre approche théorique et nos champs d'investigation portent sur l'évolution socio-culturelle de cette institution et sur la relation que les jeunes gabonais établissent entre la culture, leurs comportements et leurs actions sociales. L'intérêt ici est de comprendre les influences qu'exerce le modèle de vie occidental en matière de moeurs et de style de vie par le biais de l'urbanisation, de la scolarisation et des médias. Notre problématique qui se décline en plusieurs questions a pour principal objectif de décrire le modèle de couple et le type de mariage auxquels aspirent ces jeunes. Le travail de terrain réalisé au Gabon et en France nous a permis d'établir une typologie des conduites et des discours recueillis. Les principaux thèmes abordés sont : la polygamie, la dot, le choix du partenaire, le couple mixte, le sida, l'homosexualité et les rapports de séduction. Avec leurs mots, ils posent un regard sur la culture gabonaise et française et nous livrent un discours partagé entre tradition et modernité. Ce travail permet donc une nouvelle approche des rapports de couple et du mariage dans une société gabonaise en plein évolution.
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Jones, Yvonne. "Peeling the body : how can art practice utilize the experience of medical events to consider the implications for the living human being of notions of the posthuman? : how can this process affect an understanding of the positions of the subject/medical object within the western medical tradition and, in so doing, suggest a more empowered subject?" Thesis, University of Southampton, 2010. https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/165501/.
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This practice based research focuses on events of the body, using the participating observer-researcher's experiences of medical events undertaken by her within a western medical environment to investigate her living existence as a 'unit', an 'experiencing corporeal body'. The project addresses a sharp awareness of body experienced by the researcher. It investigates this body in terms of the literal posthuman associated with Moravec, alongside the theoretical posthuman associated with Hayles where the 'defining characteristics involve the construction of subjectivity'. Using action research as the methodology and video installation as practice the project considers the position of the researcher in relationship to the medics, a situation of subject / object. With the female participating researcher as a given it becomes relevant to reference ideas from the ideals of feminism and to consider the question 'are women human?' The project produces evidence of change in the relationship of subject / object specific to this research when the researcher actively engages with attributes of the posthuman and it demonstrates how an altered emerging subject resulted from this engagement. There is a movement for the researcher from a liberal humanist subject to an emerging posthuman subject, an empowering and emancipating change.