Transmission and Change in South African Motherhood:Black Mothers in Three Generational Cape Town Families
| dc.contributor.author | Moore, Elena | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-05-06T08:20:24Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-05-06T08:20:24Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2013 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2016-05-06T07:17:48Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | This article explores changes in the conceptualisation of motherhood, drawing upon life history interviews with six families over three generations in Cape Town. I examine the practice of mothering, how women of each generation talked about motherhood and how maternal identity is transmitted over time and across generations. In particular, I investigate the ways in which marriage and motherhood have uncoupled within a changing socio-historical context. Findings from a South Africa-wide attitudinal survey and a case study demonstrate how structural and cultural changes have influenced the model of ‘good mothering’ in the youngest generation: Notions of motherhood have changed from solely cultivating a ‘good provider and caring role’ toward a growing emphasis on achieving personal goals and working on ‘the project of the self’. Meanwhile the absence of men as participatory caregivers remains a continuous theme across generations. This research contributes fresh insights to the discussion of motherhood in South Africa while drawing on some of the broader contextualisation and generational models adopted in previous studies. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03057070.2013.764713 | |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Moore, E. (2013). Transmission and Change in South African Motherhood:Black Mothers in Three Generational Cape Town Families. <i>Journal of Southern African Studies</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19473 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Moore, Elena "Transmission and Change in South African Motherhood:Black Mothers in Three Generational Cape Town Families." <i>Journal of Southern African Studies</i> (2013) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19473 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Moore, E. (2013). Transmission and change in South African motherhood: black mothers in three-generational Cape Town families. Journal of Southern African Studies, 39(1), 151-170. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0305-7070 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Journal Article AU - Moore, Elena AB - This article explores changes in the conceptualisation of motherhood, drawing upon life history interviews with six families over three generations in Cape Town. I examine the practice of mothering, how women of each generation talked about motherhood and how maternal identity is transmitted over time and across generations. In particular, I investigate the ways in which marriage and motherhood have uncoupled within a changing socio-historical context. Findings from a South Africa-wide attitudinal survey and a case study demonstrate how structural and cultural changes have influenced the model of ‘good mothering’ in the youngest generation: Notions of motherhood have changed from solely cultivating a ‘good provider and caring role’ toward a growing emphasis on achieving personal goals and working on ‘the project of the self’. Meanwhile the absence of men as participatory caregivers remains a continuous theme across generations. This research contributes fresh insights to the discussion of motherhood in South Africa while drawing on some of the broader contextualisation and generational models adopted in previous studies. DA - 2013 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - Journal of Southern African Studies LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2013 SM - 0305-7070 T1 - Transmission and Change in South African Motherhood:Black Mothers in Three Generational Cape Town Families TI - Transmission and Change in South African Motherhood:Black Mothers in Three Generational Cape Town Families UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19473 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19473 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Moore E. Transmission and Change in South African Motherhood:Black Mothers in Three Generational Cape Town Families. Journal of Southern African Studies. 2013; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19473. | en_ZA |
| dc.language | eng | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher | Taylor and Francis | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.department | Centre for Social Science Research(CSSR) | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Humanities | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | |
| dc.source | Journal of Southern African Studies | en_ZA |
| dc.source.uri | http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/cjss20/current | |
| dc.title | Transmission and Change in South African Motherhood:Black Mothers in Three Generational Cape Town Families | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Journal Article | en_ZA |
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| uct.type.publication | Research | en_ZA |
| uct.type.resource | Article | en_ZA |