Breastfeeding as foodwork in the workplace among black, low-income women in South Africa
| dc.contributor.advisor | Jaga, Ameeta | |
| dc.contributor.author | Farista, Feranaaz | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-02-23T13:58:02Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-02-23T13:58:02Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2023-02-20T12:44:30Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | Return to work is cited as a key reason for women ceasing breastfeeding due to the conflict between the labour of bodywork required for jobs, and breastfeeding as a labour of foodwork. Through semi-structured, in-depth interviews with 33 black low-income mothers in Cape Town, South Africa, this study gives meaning to the labour of foodwork that these mothers perform. The data were analysed through an intersectional analytic lens to understand how race, class, and gender shape foodwork experiences. The study findings underscored the struggles, exacerbated by financial constraints, that low-income women endured balancing the demands of being a good mother and a good worker. Four key themes emerged that illustrate the compromised ability to enact foodwork: (1) foodwork experiences and precarity in the workplace, (2) structural inequalities and foodwork, (3) gender norms and social class: shaping child care and foodwork and, (4) local knowledges and foodwork. With these findings, recommendations for improving workplace support for low-income mothers foodwork activities are presented. | |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Farista, F. (2022). <i>Breastfeeding as foodwork in the workplace among black, low-income women in South Africa</i>. (). ,Faculty of Commerce ,School of Management Studies. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/37067 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Farista, Feranaaz. <i>"Breastfeeding as foodwork in the workplace among black, low-income women in South Africa."</i> ., ,Faculty of Commerce ,School of Management Studies, 2022. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/37067 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Farista, F. 2022. Breastfeeding as foodwork in the workplace among black, low-income women in South Africa. . ,Faculty of Commerce ,School of Management Studies. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/37067 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Master Thesis AU - Farista, Feranaaz AB - Return to work is cited as a key reason for women ceasing breastfeeding due to the conflict between the labour of bodywork required for jobs, and breastfeeding as a labour of foodwork. Through semi-structured, in-depth interviews with 33 black low-income mothers in Cape Town, South Africa, this study gives meaning to the labour of foodwork that these mothers perform. The data were analysed through an intersectional analytic lens to understand how race, class, and gender shape foodwork experiences. The study findings underscored the struggles, exacerbated by financial constraints, that low-income women endured balancing the demands of being a good mother and a good worker. Four key themes emerged that illustrate the compromised ability to enact foodwork: (1) foodwork experiences and precarity in the workplace, (2) structural inequalities and foodwork, (3) gender norms and social class: shaping child care and foodwork and, (4) local knowledges and foodwork. With these findings, recommendations for improving workplace support for low-income mothers foodwork activities are presented. DA - 2022_ DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - Organisational Psychology KW - Foodwork KW - breastfeeding at work KW - low-income workers KW - feminist critique KW - intersectionality KW - role theory LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PY - 2022 T1 - Breastfeeding as foodwork in the workplace among black, low-income women in South Africa TI - Breastfeeding as foodwork in the workplace among black, low-income women in South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/37067 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/37067 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Farista F. Breastfeeding as foodwork in the workplace among black, low-income women in South Africa. []. ,Faculty of Commerce ,School of Management Studies, 2022 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/37067 | en_ZA |
| dc.language.rfc3066 | eng | |
| dc.publisher.department | School of Management Studies | |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Commerce | |
| dc.subject | Organisational Psychology | |
| dc.subject | Foodwork | |
| dc.subject | breastfeeding at work | |
| dc.subject | low-income workers | |
| dc.subject | feminist critique | |
| dc.subject | intersectionality | |
| dc.subject | role theory | |
| dc.title | Breastfeeding as foodwork in the workplace among black, low-income women in South Africa | |
| dc.type | Master Thesis | |
| dc.type.qualificationlevel | Masters | |
| dc.type.qualificationlevel | MCom |