Simon Duncan
Understanding tradition: Marital name change in Britain and Norway
Duncan, Simon; Ellingsæter, Anne Lise; Carter, Julia
Authors
Anne Lise Ellingsæter
Julia Carter Julia.Carter@uwe.ac.uk
Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Criminology
Abstract
Marital surname change is a striking example of the survival of tradition. A practice emerging from patriarchal history has become embedded in an age of detraditionalisation and women’s emancipation. Is the tradition of women’s marital name change just some sort of inertia or drag, which will slowly disappear as modernity progresses, or does this tradition fulfil more contemporary roles? Are women and men just dupes to tradition, or alternatively do they use tradition to further their aims? We examine how different approaches – individualisation theory, new institutionalism, and bricolage – might tackle these questions. This examination is set within a comparative analysis of marital surname change in Britain and Norway, using small qualitative samples. We find that while individualisation and new institutionalism offer partial explanations, bricolage offers a more adaptable viewpoint.
Citation
Duncan, S., Ellingsæter, A. L., & Carter, J. (2020). Understanding tradition: Marital name change in Britain and Norway. Sociological Research Online, 25(3), 438-455. https://doi.org/10.1177/1360780419892637
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Nov 7, 2019 |
Online Publication Date | Dec 26, 2019 |
Publication Date | Sep 1, 2020 |
Deposit Date | Nov 11, 2019 |
Publicly Available Date | Nov 12, 2019 |
Journal | Sociological Research Online |
Electronic ISSN | 1360-7804 |
Publisher | SAGE Publications |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 25 |
Issue | 3 |
Pages | 438-455 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1177/1360780419892637 |
Public URL | https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/4525563 |
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