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dc.contributor.authorStark, Laura
dc.date.accessioned2018-07-19T11:07:59Z
dc.date.available2018-07-19T11:07:59Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.citationStark, L. (2018). Early marriage and cultural constructions of adulthood in two slums in Dar es Salaam. <i>Culture, Health and Sexuality</i>, <i>20</i>(8), 888-901. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/13691058.2017.1390162" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1080/13691058.2017.1390162</a>
dc.identifier.otherCONVID_27331727
dc.identifier.otherTUTKAID_75586
dc.identifier.urihttps://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/59002
dc.description.abstractThis study examines under-18 marriage in urban Tanzania from an ethnographic perspective. Due to poverty and high unemployment, some girls aspire to early marriage. Two pathways to early marriage are identified: first, poverty and gendered economic disparities motivate girls to begin transactional sexual activity at an early age, leading parents to favour early marriage as a risk-reduction measure. Second, educational opportunities are often closed off to girls before marriage, as a result of which early marriage becomes the only culturally approved pathway that allows girls to present themselves to others as a self-sufficient agent. These pathways are reinforced by cultural and religious concepts surrounding the transition from childhood to adulthood. The study finds that, in urban Tanzania, two important factors associated with early marriage are the prevalence of premarital sex leading to out-of-wedlock pregnancies, and the relatively high cost of secondary schooling, which blocks educational opportunities for girls after the age of 15.fi
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherRoutledge
dc.relation.ispartofseriesCulture, Health and Sexuality
dc.rightsCC BY-NC-ND 4.0
dc.subject.otherTansania
dc.subject.otherTanzania
dc.subject.otherearly marriage
dc.subject.otheryoung women
dc.subject.othertransactional sex
dc.subject.othereducational opportunity
dc.titleEarly marriage and cultural constructions of adulthood in two slums in Dar es Salaam
dc.typearticle
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:fi:jyu-201807163569
dc.contributor.laitosHistorian ja etnologian laitosfi
dc.contributor.laitosDepartment of History and Ethnologyen
dc.contributor.oppiaineEtnologiafi
dc.contributor.oppiaineEthnologyen
dc.type.urihttp://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle
dc.date.updated2018-07-16T09:15:23Z
dc.type.coarhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_2df8fbb1
dc.description.reviewstatuspeerReviewed
dc.format.pagerange888-901
dc.relation.issn1369-1058
dc.relation.numberinseries8
dc.relation.volume20
dc.type.versionpublishedVersion
dc.rights.copyright© 2017 The Author. Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group
dc.rights.accesslevelopenAccessfi
dc.relation.grantnumber265737
dc.subject.ysonaiset
dc.subject.ysokulttuuriset järjestelmät
dc.subject.ysotytöt
dc.subject.ysoavioliitto
dc.subject.ysoköyhyys
dc.subject.ysoikä
dc.subject.ysokoulutusmahdollisuudet
dc.format.contentfulltext
jyx.subject.urihttp://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p16991
jyx.subject.urihttp://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p2881
jyx.subject.urihttp://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p7196
jyx.subject.urihttp://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p2790
jyx.subject.urihttp://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p3476
jyx.subject.urihttp://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p1229
jyx.subject.urihttp://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p21754
dc.rights.urlhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.relation.doi10.1080/13691058.2017.1390162
dc.relation.funderSuomen Akatemiafi
dc.relation.funderResearch Council of Finlanden
jyx.fundingprogramAkatemiaohjelma, SAfi
jyx.fundingprogramAcademy Programme, AoFen
jyx.fundinginformationThis work was supported by the Academy of Finland [grant number 265737].
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