Subjectivity in the 'maid'/'madam' relationship and its effects on the occupational child care-giving functions of the domestic worker

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dc.contributor.advisorSwartz, Sallyen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorNgqakayi, Nomsa Cen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-09-23T07:34:30Z
dc.date.available2015-09-23T07:34:30Z
dc.date.issued1991en_ZA
dc.descriptionBibliography: leaves 62-63a.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis study investigated the manner in which discursive practises in the social relations within domestic service position, the domestic worker, and the work she does, as of low status and impinges on the child caregiving functions of the domestic worker. The extent to which racial factors are operant was assessed. Accounts were obtained from both 'maids' and 'madams' through in-depth, semi-structured interviews. The approach to the transcribed data was informed by Hallway's (1989) interpretative discourse analysis whilst analytical concepts from Davies and Harre (1990) were used for the actual analysis of discursive positioning. Discourses that emerged from the "madams" accounts polarized into a progressive liberal discourse and an oppressive, colonial discourse. The domestic workers' accounts revealed a discourse of servility as well . as a contradictory discourse of resistance. Racial considerations did not surface as decisive in the 'choice' of positioning, although their influence was not completely irrelevant. What did surface as decisive in enforcing democratic social practises, or approximations thereof, was the need for good quality substitute care as well as the need to retain already existent relationships of attachment between the domestic workers and the children under their care.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationNgqakayi, N. C. (1991). <i>Subjectivity in the 'maid'/'madam' relationship and its effects on the occupational child care-giving functions of the domestic worker</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14058en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationNgqakayi, Nomsa C. <i>"Subjectivity in the 'maid'/'madam' relationship and its effects on the occupational child care-giving functions of the domestic worker."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14058en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationNgqakayi, N. 1991. Subjectivity in the 'maid'/'madam' relationship and its effects on the occupational child care-giving functions of the domestic worker. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Ngqakayi, Nomsa C AB - This study investigated the manner in which discursive practises in the social relations within domestic service position, the domestic worker, and the work she does, as of low status and impinges on the child caregiving functions of the domestic worker. The extent to which racial factors are operant was assessed. Accounts were obtained from both 'maids' and 'madams' through in-depth, semi-structured interviews. The approach to the transcribed data was informed by Hallway's (1989) interpretative discourse analysis whilst analytical concepts from Davies and Harre (1990) were used for the actual analysis of discursive positioning. Discourses that emerged from the "madams" accounts polarized into a progressive liberal discourse and an oppressive, colonial discourse. The domestic workers' accounts revealed a discourse of servility as well . as a contradictory discourse of resistance. Racial considerations did not surface as decisive in the 'choice' of positioning, although their influence was not completely irrelevant. What did surface as decisive in enforcing democratic social practises, or approximations thereof, was the need for good quality substitute care as well as the need to retain already existent relationships of attachment between the domestic workers and the children under their care. DA - 1991 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1991 T1 - Subjectivity in the 'maid'/'madam' relationship and its effects on the occupational child care-giving functions of the domestic worker TI - Subjectivity in the 'maid'/'madam' relationship and its effects on the occupational child care-giving functions of the domestic worker UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14058 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/14058
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationNgqakayi NC. Subjectivity in the 'maid'/'madam' relationship and its effects on the occupational child care-giving functions of the domestic worker. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology, 1991 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14058en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Psychologyen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherClinical Psychologyen_ZA
dc.titleSubjectivity in the 'maid'/'madam' relationship and its effects on the occupational child care-giving functions of the domestic workeren_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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