Moms are survivors, because our kids are more ours': narratives of middle-class, white mothers in Cape Town

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dc.contributor.advisorFuh, Divineen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorWorthington, Deborahen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-09-15T10:08:10Z
dc.date.available2015-09-15T10:08:10Z
dc.date.issued2013en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis paper focuses on how white, middle class South African mothers, living within a 60-kilometre radius of Cape Town's Central Business District, juggle their childcare and work responsibilities. Through use of multi-sited ethnography, I was able to enter the lives of ten white, middle-class South African mothers aged between early forties to early fifties. The data collected was obtained through participant observation, casual conversations and formal, semi-structured, one-on-one interviews. This minor thesis draws on a body of literature that focuses on the multiple paradoxes mothers' face, such as, the traditional gendered notions of what it means to be a "good" mother, the challenges of time, and coping strategies. This paper explores how the research participants reconstituted their lives after having children. Through an analysis of conversations and field observations this minor thesis demonstrates the everyday circumstances of living through and negotiating daily life as a middle class, white mother in Cape Town, South Africa. In this minor thesis, I aim to demonstrate how parenthood is filled with fears and numerous challenges. The findings make strong case for researching the lives of such women who often suffer in silence.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationWorthington, D. (2013). <i>Moms are survivors, because our kids are more ours': narratives of middle-class, white mothers in Cape Town</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Social Anthropology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13929en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationWorthington, Deborah. <i>"Moms are survivors, because our kids are more ours': narratives of middle-class, white mothers in Cape Town."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Social Anthropology, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13929en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationWorthington, D. 2013. Moms are survivors, because our kids are more ours': narratives of middle-class, white mothers in Cape Town. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Worthington, Deborah AB - This paper focuses on how white, middle class South African mothers, living within a 60-kilometre radius of Cape Town's Central Business District, juggle their childcare and work responsibilities. Through use of multi-sited ethnography, I was able to enter the lives of ten white, middle-class South African mothers aged between early forties to early fifties. The data collected was obtained through participant observation, casual conversations and formal, semi-structured, one-on-one interviews. This minor thesis draws on a body of literature that focuses on the multiple paradoxes mothers' face, such as, the traditional gendered notions of what it means to be a "good" mother, the challenges of time, and coping strategies. This paper explores how the research participants reconstituted their lives after having children. Through an analysis of conversations and field observations this minor thesis demonstrates the everyday circumstances of living through and negotiating daily life as a middle class, white mother in Cape Town, South Africa. In this minor thesis, I aim to demonstrate how parenthood is filled with fears and numerous challenges. The findings make strong case for researching the lives of such women who often suffer in silence. DA - 2013 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2013 T1 - Moms are survivors, because our kids are more ours': narratives of middle-class, white mothers in Cape Town TI - Moms are survivors, because our kids are more ours': narratives of middle-class, white mothers in Cape Town UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13929 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/13929
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationWorthington D. Moms are survivors, because our kids are more ours': narratives of middle-class, white mothers in Cape Town. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Social Anthropology, 2013 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13929en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentSocial Anthropologyen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherSocial Anthopologyen_ZA
dc.titleMoms are survivors, because our kids are more ours': narratives of middle-class, white mothers in Cape Townen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
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