Living with Divorce

Expectations and Contradictions Within the Lesotho Socio-cultural Context

• Author(s): Matora Ntimo-Makara,
• Publisher: African Books Collective
• Pages: 151
• ISBN_10: 9994455400
  ISBN_13: 9789994455409
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Family & Relationships / Divorce & Separation , Family & Relationships / Marriage & Long-Term Relationships , Social Science / Customs & Traditions , Social Science / Ethnic Studies / African Studies , Social Science / Research , Social Science / Sociology / Marriage & Family ,

Description:... This book addresses the following research questions: What is the people's understanding of the existing marriage laws and their inherent contradictions? What factors influence people's choice of type of marriage? What factors push one to wish to get out of a marriage? What are the experiences and challenges of going through divorce? What are the expectations and contradictions posed by the sociocultural, legal and religious contexts that divorcees live within? What is the people's understanding of the concept of divorce and desertion? What support does the legal system itself provide to "divorcees"? What coping strategies have people developed and adopted in order to survive?