The Invisible Story: Underground Health Narratives of Women in Mining
| dc.contributor.advisor | Macdonald, Helen | |
| dc.contributor.author | Mutendi, Mutsawashe | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-04-25T11:25:03Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-04-25T11:25:03Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2017 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This dissertation may be read on several different levels. At its most accessible, it is a detailed ethnographic description of how ‘women in mining’ negotiate the daily terrain of caregiving and being exposed to highly contagious and resistant diseases that are associated with mining, which could potentially adversely affect their day-to-day lives, wellbeing and family relations. At its most analytical, it utilises Nixon’s concept of ‘slow violence’ by carefully charting the challenges that a female mineworker faces; having to provide for her family even in the most difficult situations, and sometimes at the expense of her own health. Hence, ‘women in mining’ are situated in a web of connections that exist between working underground and being caregivers in their homes; while at risk of transmitting tuberculosis (TB) and acquiring reproductive health related problems. This dissertation illustrates the tactics and coping strategies that women in mining employ, and argues that they ‘make a plan’ to minimise the negative social consequences of ill health. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Mutendi, M. (2017). <i>The Invisible Story: Underground Health Narratives of Women in Mining</i>. (). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Social Anthropology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/29974 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Mutendi, Mutsawashe. <i>"The Invisible Story: Underground Health Narratives of Women in Mining."</i> ., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Social Anthropology, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/29974 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Mutendi, M. 2017. The Invisible Story: Underground Health Narratives of Women in Mining. University of Cape Town. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Mutendi, Mutsawashe AB - This dissertation may be read on several different levels. At its most accessible, it is a detailed ethnographic description of how ‘women in mining’ negotiate the daily terrain of caregiving and being exposed to highly contagious and resistant diseases that are associated with mining, which could potentially adversely affect their day-to-day lives, wellbeing and family relations. At its most analytical, it utilises Nixon’s concept of ‘slow violence’ by carefully charting the challenges that a female mineworker faces; having to provide for her family even in the most difficult situations, and sometimes at the expense of her own health. Hence, ‘women in mining’ are situated in a web of connections that exist between working underground and being caregivers in their homes; while at risk of transmitting tuberculosis (TB) and acquiring reproductive health related problems. This dissertation illustrates the tactics and coping strategies that women in mining employ, and argues that they ‘make a plan’ to minimise the negative social consequences of ill health. DA - 2017 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - Women in mining KW - mothering KW - slow violence KW - occupational diseases KW - reproductive hazards KW - dust KW - tuberculosis LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2017 T1 - The Invisible Story: Underground Health Narratives of Women in Mining TI - The Invisible Story: Underground Health Narratives of Women in Mining UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/29974 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/29974 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Mutendi M. The Invisible Story: Underground Health Narratives of Women in Mining. []. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Social Anthropology, 2017 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/29974 | en_ZA |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher.department | Social Anthropology | en_US |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Humanities | en_US |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | en_US |
| dc.subject | Women in mining | en_US |
| dc.subject | mothering | en_US |
| dc.subject | slow violence | en_US |
| dc.subject | occupational diseases | en_US |
| dc.subject | reproductive hazards | en_US |
| dc.subject | dust | en_US |
| dc.subject | tuberculosis | en_US |
| dc.title | The Invisible Story: Underground Health Narratives of Women in Mining | en_US |
| dc.type | Master Thesis | |
| dc.type.qualificationlevel | Masters |