Love in the City

Navigating multiple relationships in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2473993
AutoresAnne Lewinson
Ano2006
Volume18
Fascículo1
Páginas90-115
Data de publicação2006-06-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoCity & Society (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0893-0465 • E-ISSN: 1548-744X
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1525/city.2006.18.1.90
OpenAlexW2141415010
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas6
Referências citadas11

While the vast majority of low-level professionals in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania would express a verbal commitment to modernist ideals of family structure, such as monogamy, in practice, a significant number have entered into mistress relationships which ultimately constitute second families. This reality demonstrates how Tanzanian urbanites have created hybrid conceptions of morality and codes for responsible conduct within romantic relationships, conceptions which draw upon both European and local African models. These practices provide insight into the contemporary historical and economic contexts of African city dwellers, as well as African urbanism as a whole

African history and culture studies · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · Urban and Rural Development Challenges