Marriage, migration & change in small-town Senegal

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" Marriage, migration & change in small-town Senegal "
Carla Teolis

Document Type	:	Latin Dissertation
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	55129
Doc. No	:	TL25083
Call number	:	‭MR61156‬
Main Entry	:	Carla Teolis
Title & Author	:	Marriage, migration change in small-town Senegal\ Carla Teolis
College	:	University of Ottawa (Canada)
Date	:	2009
Degree	:	M.A.
student score	:	2009
Page No	:	139
Abstract	:	This paper aims to understand how the significant out-migration of men from small-town Senegal influences the marriage process and resulting conjugal life, specifically in reference to those left-behind. To address this objective, a case study approach is utilized focusing on the region of Kébémer, located in Senegal's peanut basin. Furthermore, gender theory as well as a sociology of the family approach are applied to interpret and give meaning to the different socioeconomic factors at play in shaping the dynamics of marriage and conjugal life. It is argued that while certain elements of the marriage process are experiencing changes as a result of migration (higher brideprice, a delay of first marriage, spousal selection norms and so on), it is noted that migrants tend to remain especially conservative, staying rooted in traditional beliefs and behaviours. In light of such discoveries, conventional notions of 'development' are challenged and alternative understandings sought out.
Subject	:	Social sciences; Senegal; Geography; 0366:Geography
Added Entry	:	University of Ottawa (Canada)