Anthropological perspectives on partnering

Julia Pauli

Chapter Chapter 3 in Research Handbook on Partnering across the Life Course, 2025, pp 24-37 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: Anthropological perspectives on partnering have largely focused on marriage. A central question for the anthropological theorizing of marriage has been under what circumstances partnering becomes marriage. The chapter first discusses the definition of marriage in comparative perspective. This includes reflection on different forms of marriage and the meaning of marriage for the wider social order. More recently, anthropological approaches on partnering have shifted from structural, functional, and legal perspectives on marriage toward more nuanced analyses of various practices of intimate relations. The second part of the chapter highlights some of this work, including findings on partnering outside and beyond (heteronormative) marriages, weddings, and the neoliberalization of intimate relationships.

Keywords: Marriage; Kinship; Relatedness; Love; Neoliberalism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
ISBN: 9781803923376
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