"Obubomi Bulukhuni/It is a Hard Life, This": Journeys in and narratives of childhood cancer in a South African public healthcare context

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dc.contributor.advisorLevine, Susanen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorRiekert, Yolandeen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-01-08T19:52:46Z
dc.date.available2015-01-08T19:52:46Z
dc.date.issued2011en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis research examines the ways in which a history of social segregation together with present actions by the state interact to inform the nature of healthcare narratives of mothers and children in the case of a childhood cancer diagnosis. I argue that families become internally displaced to seek life-saving treatment for the child diagnosed with cancer. By actively engaging with theories of ‘home’ and ‘households’ I aim to present greater insights into the ways in which people create meanings for these terms in the hospital setting. I argue that my participants come to share many of the characteristics of internally displaced people, due to the inequality that manifests in the healthcare system.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationRiekert, Y. (2011). <i>"Obubomi Bulukhuni/It is a Hard Life, This": Journeys in and narratives of childhood cancer in a South African public healthcare context</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Social Anthropology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11764en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationRiekert, Yolande. <i>""Obubomi Bulukhuni/It is a Hard Life, This": Journeys in and narratives of childhood cancer in a South African public healthcare context."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Social Anthropology, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11764en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationRiekert, Y. 2011. "Obubomi Bulukhuni/It is a Hard Life, This": Journeys in and narratives of childhood cancer in a South African public healthcare context. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Riekert, Yolande AB - This research examines the ways in which a history of social segregation together with present actions by the state interact to inform the nature of healthcare narratives of mothers and children in the case of a childhood cancer diagnosis. I argue that families become internally displaced to seek life-saving treatment for the child diagnosed with cancer. By actively engaging with theories of ‘home’ and ‘households’ I aim to present greater insights into the ways in which people create meanings for these terms in the hospital setting. I argue that my participants come to share many of the characteristics of internally displaced people, due to the inequality that manifests in the healthcare system. DA - 2011 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2011 T1 - "Obubomi Bulukhuni/It is a Hard Life, This": Journeys in and narratives of childhood cancer in a South African public healthcare context TI - "Obubomi Bulukhuni/It is a Hard Life, This": Journeys in and narratives of childhood cancer in a South African public healthcare context UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11764 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/11764
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationRiekert Y. "Obubomi Bulukhuni/It is a Hard Life, This": Journeys in and narratives of childhood cancer in a South African public healthcare context. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Social Anthropology, 2011 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11764en_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 Anthropologyen_ZA
dc.title"Obubomi Bulukhuni/It is a Hard Life, This": Journeys in and narratives of childhood cancer in a South African public healthcare contexten_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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dc.type.qualificationnameMSocScien_ZA
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