From Cradock, With Love: Affective Substantive Post -Apartheid Citizenship for Women of Colour

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dc.contributor.advisorSteyn, Melissaen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorElder, Emilyen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-07-30T04:04:22Z
dc.date.available2014-07-30T04:04:22Z
dc.date.issued2010en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis qualitative case study examines conceptualizations of post-apartheid democratic citizenship. Drawing on in-depth, semi-structured interviews conducted in July 2009 with twelve voting age women of colour in the small town of Cradock in the Eastern Cape, it demonstrates how traditional theorizations are inadequate for understanding the substantive citizenship some small town women desire, live, and demand. Though the research design began with a traditional definition that citizenship rests on the knowledge of and ability to engage with claiming rights findings demonstrated the failings, and challenged the sufficiency, of this approach. Listening closely to the voices of the women interviewed revealed the importance of emotion. Further, the ways that emotion emerged from these interviews illuminate an under-examined aspect of substantive citizenship: its affective dimensions. The affective issues that emerged were those of perceived elite indifference to the people, conflicted feelings about the post-apartheid state, racialized and gendered hatred and hate speech, and the women's hopes for an ideal public life based on love and respect. Working from a race-conscious, post-colonial, feminist lens, I argue that while a rights-based approach to citizenship is necessary, it cannot fully encompass the complexities of post-apartheid substantive citizenship, especially for small-town women of colour. Considering affect leads to a more meaningful theory of citizenship, one that must rest on a loving, political ethic.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationElder, E. (2010). <i>From Cradock, With Love: Affective Substantive Post -Apartheid Citizenship for Women of Colour</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Sociology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3870en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationElder, Emily. <i>"From Cradock, With Love: Affective Substantive Post -Apartheid Citizenship for Women of Colour."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Sociology, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3870en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationElder, E. 2010. From Cradock, With Love: Affective Substantive Post -Apartheid Citizenship for Women of Colour. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Elder, Emily AB - This qualitative case study examines conceptualizations of post-apartheid democratic citizenship. Drawing on in-depth, semi-structured interviews conducted in July 2009 with twelve voting age women of colour in the small town of Cradock in the Eastern Cape, it demonstrates how traditional theorizations are inadequate for understanding the substantive citizenship some small town women desire, live, and demand. Though the research design began with a traditional definition that citizenship rests on the knowledge of and ability to engage with claiming rights findings demonstrated the failings, and challenged the sufficiency, of this approach. Listening closely to the voices of the women interviewed revealed the importance of emotion. Further, the ways that emotion emerged from these interviews illuminate an under-examined aspect of substantive citizenship: its affective dimensions. The affective issues that emerged were those of perceived elite indifference to the people, conflicted feelings about the post-apartheid state, racialized and gendered hatred and hate speech, and the women's hopes for an ideal public life based on love and respect. Working from a race-conscious, post-colonial, feminist lens, I argue that while a rights-based approach to citizenship is necessary, it cannot fully encompass the complexities of post-apartheid substantive citizenship, especially for small-town women of colour. Considering affect leads to a more meaningful theory of citizenship, one that must rest on a loving, political ethic. DA - 2010 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2010 T1 - From Cradock, With Love: Affective Substantive Post -Apartheid Citizenship for Women of Colour TI - From Cradock, With Love: Affective Substantive Post -Apartheid Citizenship for Women of Colour UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3870 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/3870
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationElder E. From Cradock, With Love: Affective Substantive Post -Apartheid Citizenship for Women of Colour. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Sociology, 2010 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3870en_ZA
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Sociologyen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherDiversity Studiesen_ZA
dc.titleFrom Cradock, With Love: Affective Substantive Post -Apartheid Citizenship for Women of Colouren_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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