What the Aging is Going On: An ethnography on the Perceptions of Aging in an Old Age Home in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa

dc.contributor.advisorRoss, Fiona C
dc.contributor.authorMpisi, Sabelo
dc.date.accessioned2021-08-12T09:25:18Z
dc.date.available2021-08-12T09:25:18Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.date.updated2021-08-12T09:23:22Z
dc.description.abstractDespite considerable evidence on aging, as it relates to African elders, little is known on what and how it is like when drawn from their experiences and perceptions. This follows since it is often studied indirectly, as the emphasis is put on people with whom the elders are in relationships, obligatory or otherwise, and not necessarily on them. This also happens when aging is examined in relation to societal realities that shape how they experience the process of aging. In that, when societal realities in which they are embedded are examined, little to no effort is made to understand how they experience growing old in relation to or because of them. This dissertation explores perceptions of aging and what growing older is like. Using qualitative research methods in an old age home in KwaZulu Natal, the data to this dissertation was collected between June-July 2017 and December 2017-January 2018. Findings demonstrate that aging is a process of becoming estranged from oneself, from one's body, and from others. They reveal that, due to the collisions between physiological aging and aging in social terms, elders are simultaneously understood as people who must be respected and yet who can be estranged. Against this backdrop, from the vantage of the aged, they further show how death, living, and life are understood.
dc.identifier.apacitationMpisi, S. (2021). <i>What the Aging is Going On: An ethnography on the Perceptions of Aging in an Old Age Home in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa</i>. (). ,Faculty of Humanities ,School of African and GenderStuds, Anth and Ling. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/33740en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationMpisi, Sabelo. <i>"What the Aging is Going On: An ethnography on the Perceptions of Aging in an Old Age Home in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa."</i> ., ,Faculty of Humanities ,School of African and GenderStuds, Anth and Ling, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/33740en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationMpisi, S. 2021. What the Aging is Going On: An ethnography on the Perceptions of Aging in an Old Age Home in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. . ,Faculty of Humanities ,School of African and GenderStuds, Anth and Ling. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/33740en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Master Thesis AU - Mpisi, Sabelo AB - Despite considerable evidence on aging, as it relates to African elders, little is known on what and how it is like when drawn from their experiences and perceptions. This follows since it is often studied indirectly, as the emphasis is put on people with whom the elders are in relationships, obligatory or otherwise, and not necessarily on them. This also happens when aging is examined in relation to societal realities that shape how they experience the process of aging. In that, when societal realities in which they are embedded are examined, little to no effort is made to understand how they experience growing old in relation to or because of them. This dissertation explores perceptions of aging and what growing older is like. Using qualitative research methods in an old age home in KwaZulu Natal, the data to this dissertation was collected between June-July 2017 and December 2017-January 2018. Findings demonstrate that aging is a process of becoming estranged from oneself, from one's body, and from others. They reveal that, due to the collisions between physiological aging and aging in social terms, elders are simultaneously understood as people who must be respected and yet who can be estranged. Against this backdrop, from the vantage of the aged, they further show how death, living, and life are understood. DA - 2021_ DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - African and Gender Studies KW - Anthropology and Linguistics LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PY - 2021 T1 - What the Aging is Going On: An ethnography on the Perceptions of Aging in an Old Age Home in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa TI - What the Aging is Going On: An ethnography on the Perceptions of Aging in an Old Age Home in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/33740 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/33740
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationMpisi S. What the Aging is Going On: An ethnography on the Perceptions of Aging in an Old Age Home in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. []. ,Faculty of Humanities ,School of African and GenderStuds, Anth and Ling, 2021 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/33740en_ZA
dc.language.rfc3066eng
dc.publisher.departmentSchool of African and GenderStuds, Anth and Ling
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanities
dc.subjectAfrican and Gender Studies
dc.subjectAnthropology and Linguistics
dc.titleWhat the Aging is Going On: An ethnography on the Perceptions of Aging in an Old Age Home in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationlevelMSocSci
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