Marriage Matters

A vivid account of how marriage, love, and kinship are changing in Uganda. Building on a collaborative research project between African and European scholars, this volume examines changes in ideas of partnership, kinship, child filiation, friendship, love, and commitment in Uganda. Through detailed portraits of Ugandan couples and communities, Marriage Matters offers fresh new insights within the burgeoning field of scholarship on marriage and family, as well as thought-provoking reflections on the consequences of partnership changes for the country's future. Engaging with new and classical anthropological theory and gender studies, the volume reflects not only on how Ugandans imagine the relationships between genders and generations, but also broader trends in how we understand love and intimacy.