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August 2018
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... However, many of these works do not capture some changes that have taken place in contemporary Ghanaian marriage and family life, such as issues concerning transnational marriages and families, consensual unions, double (church and traditional) marriages, single parenthood, autonomy in mate selection, monetisation and commercialization of marriage ceremonies, the spread of religious weddings, influence of technology on intimate partnerships, marital instability/divorce, new residential arrangements, and many others. Notable exceptions include recent publications by Goody (2018) on the family; Obeng-Hinneh and Kpoor (2021), Obeng-Hinneh (2018, 2019a, 2019b; Okyere-Manu (2015) on cohabitation; Odoi (2016Odoi ( , 2018 on mate selection; Adjei (2015Adjei ( , 2016 on intimate spousal abuse and spousal violence; and Adinkrah (2014) on intimate partner femicide in Ghana. This book therefore highlights many of the recent developments in the organization of marriages and changes in marriage patterns in the country. ...
August 2018