"Many divorces and many spinsters": marriage as an invented tradition in southern Malawi 1946-1999

J Fam Hist. 2001;26(4):529-56. doi: 10.1177/036319900102600405.
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Publication types

  • Historical Article

MeSH terms

  • Anthropology, Cultural / education
  • Anthropology, Cultural / history
  • Data Collection / history
  • Divorce* / economics
  • Divorce* / ethnology
  • Divorce* / history
  • Divorce* / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Divorce* / psychology
  • History, 20th Century
  • Interpersonal Relations
  • Jurisprudence / history
  • Malawi / ethnology
  • Marriage* / ethnology
  • Marriage* / history
  • Marriage* / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Marriage* / psychology
  • Single Person* / education
  • Single Person* / history
  • Single Person* / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Single Person* / psychology
  • Social Behavior*
  • Social Change* / history
  • Social Problems / economics
  • Social Problems / ethnology
  • Social Problems / history
  • Social Problems / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Social Problems / psychology
  • Spouses / education
  • Spouses / ethnology
  • Spouses / history
  • Spouses / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Spouses / psychology
  • Women's Health* / economics
  • Women's Health* / ethnology
  • Women's Health* / history
  • Women's Health* / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Women's Rights / economics
  • Women's Rights / education
  • Women's Rights / history
  • Women's Rights / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Women, Working / education
  • Women, Working / history
  • Women, Working / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Women, Working / psychology