Are urban black families nuclear? a comparative study of black and white South African family norms
| dc.contributor.author | Russell, Margo | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-05-04T14:42:01Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-05-04T14:42:01Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2003 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2016-05-04T14:34:31Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | The debate over whether black South Africans are in the process of transition from an extended lineage-based consanguinal family system to a Western style nuclear conjugal system has focused primarily on household composition. Another way of assessing this supposed transition is to examine the strength of verbal commitment to Western conjugal family norms. A set of statements about appropriate family behaviour was devised and used to compare the responses of three groups of South Africans: urban whites, urban blacks and rural blacks. We found that urban blacks respond to some statements like rural blacks but to others like urban whites. In matters of family and kinship, urban blacks are still influenced by a distinctive African cultural approach to kinship as well as adapting their views in light of new urban experiences. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Russell, M. (2003). Are urban black families nuclear? a comparative study of black and white South African family norms. <i>Social Dynamics</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19428 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Russell, Margo "Are urban black families nuclear? a comparative study of black and white South African family norms." <i>Social Dynamics</i> (2003) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19428 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Russell, M. (2003). Are urban black families nuclear? A comparative study of black and white South African family norms. Social Dynamics, 29(2), 153-176. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0253-3952 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Journal Article AU - Russell, Margo AB - The debate over whether black South Africans are in the process of transition from an extended lineage-based consanguinal family system to a Western style nuclear conjugal system has focused primarily on household composition. Another way of assessing this supposed transition is to examine the strength of verbal commitment to Western conjugal family norms. A set of statements about appropriate family behaviour was devised and used to compare the responses of three groups of South Africans: urban whites, urban blacks and rural blacks. We found that urban blacks respond to some statements like rural blacks but to others like urban whites. In matters of family and kinship, urban blacks are still influenced by a distinctive African cultural approach to kinship as well as adapting their views in light of new urban experiences. DA - 2003 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - Social Dynamics LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2003 SM - 0253-3952 T1 - Are urban black families nuclear? a comparative study of black and white South African family norms TI - Are urban black families nuclear? a comparative study of black and white South African family norms UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19428 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19428 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Russell M. Are urban black families nuclear? a comparative study of black and white South African family norms. Social Dynamics. 2003; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19428. | en_ZA |
| dc.language | eng | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher | Taylor & 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 | Social Dynamics | en_ZA |
| dc.source.uri | http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rsdy20/current | |
| dc.title | Are urban black families nuclear? a comparative study of black and white South African family norms | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Journal Article | en_ZA |
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| uct.type.publication | Research | en_ZA |
| uct.type.resource | Article | en_ZA |