Preparação, celebração e pós-casamento como fases que marcam a transição para a fase adulta: um estudo entre um grupo de jovens no Distrito de Boane

Abstract

The present study analyzes the process of moving to adulthood among a group of individuals in Boane, Maputo province. This theme has been approached in the light of a essentialist perspective guided by biological and chronological principles, of which they consider that the transition to adulthood occurs between 18 and 24 years of age. If, on the one hand, this approach allows us to understand contexts in which the definition of adult is done through a chronological dimension, on the other hand, it loses sight of the associated with it. From the limitation of the chronological approach, I set out to conduct a research with a view to account the ritualistic dimension that guides the process of passing into adulthood. For the realization the qualitative approach was adopted in the research, which favored the ethnographic method with use of observation techniques, informal conversations and interviews. From the data collected, the study reveals that the transition to adulthood among the studied group is done based on social status (being married) and with the fulfillment of responsibilities socially defined basic (like knowing how to take care of the house and having a good relationship with the family). (TRADUÇÃO NOSSA)