Masculinities and fatherhood in a South African context: exploring Xhosa men's experiences of fatherhood and ideas about masculinities

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dc.contributor.authorBongwana, Thembelihleen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-07-28T06:49:48Z
dc.date.available2014-07-28T06:49:48Z
dc.date.issued2013-10en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis is a qualitative study that explores meanings around fatherhood among Xhosa fathers in Cape Town. In so doing, the dissertation goes on to explore attitudes, beliefs, and needs of these township fathers have with regards to taking care of their children. This is a descriptive and exploratory qualitative study which was conducted with a sample of 4 Xhosa fathers. Responses around fathering clustered into the following themes: challenging notions of nurturing as women's roles, changing patterns in fatherhood, fatherhood as a process, multiple ways of fathering, communal and familial support structures, and deviation from ‘traditional' norms and ‘traditional' ideas around fathering. The fathers in this study identified a number of benefits and opportunities to being good fathers who were actively involved in their children's lives.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationBongwana, T. (2013). <i>Masculinities and fatherhood in a South African context: exploring Xhosa men's experiences of fatherhood and ideas about masculinities</i>. (Dissertation). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Gender Studies. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/2664en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationBongwana, Thembelihle. <i>"Masculinities and fatherhood in a South African context: exploring Xhosa men's experiences of fatherhood and ideas about masculinities."</i> Dissertation., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Gender Studies, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/2664en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationBongwana, T. 2013-10. Masculinities and fatherhood in a South African context: exploring Xhosa men's experiences of fatherhood and ideas about masculinities. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Bongwana, Thembelihle AB - This is a qualitative study that explores meanings around fatherhood among Xhosa fathers in Cape Town. In so doing, the dissertation goes on to explore attitudes, beliefs, and needs of these township fathers have with regards to taking care of their children. This is a descriptive and exploratory qualitative study which was conducted with a sample of 4 Xhosa fathers. Responses around fathering clustered into the following themes: challenging notions of nurturing as women's roles, changing patterns in fatherhood, fatherhood as a process, multiple ways of fathering, communal and familial support structures, and deviation from ‘traditional' norms and ‘traditional' ideas around fathering. The fathers in this study identified a number of benefits and opportunities to being good fathers who were actively involved in their children's lives. DA - 2013-10 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2013 T1 - Masculinities and fatherhood in a South African context: exploring Xhosa men's experiences of fatherhood and ideas about masculinities TI - Masculinities and fatherhood in a South African context: exploring Xhosa men's experiences of fatherhood and ideas about masculinities UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/2664 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/2664
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationBongwana T. Masculinities and fatherhood in a South African context: exploring Xhosa men's experiences of fatherhood and ideas about masculinities. [Dissertation]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Gender Studies, 2013 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/2664en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentGender Studiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.relation.ispartofseriesKnowledge Co-op project #99. Fathers as single parentsen_ZA
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Internationalen_ZA
dc.rights.holderKnowledge Co-open_ZA
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/en_ZA
dc.subject.otherfatherhooden_ZA
dc.subject.othermasculinitiesen_ZA
dc.subject.othertraditional normsen_ZA
dc.subject.otherUbuntuen_ZA
dc.subject.othersupporten_ZA
dc.titleMasculinities and fatherhood in a South African context: exploring Xhosa men's experiences of fatherhood and ideas about masculinitiesen_ZA
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