Childcare and poverty in South Africa: an ethnographic challenge to conventional interpretations

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dc.contributor.authorBray, Rachel
dc.contributor.authorBrandt, René
dc.date.accessioned2016-05-05T12:44:58Z
dc.date.available2016-05-05T12:44:58Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.date.updated2016-05-05T12:43:47Z
dc.description.abstractThis article draws on ethnographic research with children and their caregivers to explore the interaction between poverty and the nature and quality of child care in a resource-poor urban community in South Africa. The authors attend to issues such as mobility and "family fragmentation," the role of the extended family and other networks, and children's contributions to their own and others' care, all matters that provoke particular concern in the context of HIV/AIDS. The research challenges some of the more conventional interpretations on these matters by pointing to the continuities children experience in what can appear a disrupted care setting as well as the positive aspects of children's involvement in care. It also supports the case for a closer look at men's participation in various child-care roles in a climate where they are often dismissed as absent or unemployed and therefore non-contributory. Future research and policy on child care would benefit from the conceptual approach adopted across this work, which employs a relational lens and encompasses the dynamic contexts in which care is experienced and performed.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationBray, R., & Brandt, R. (2007). Childcare and poverty in South Africa: an ethnographic challenge to conventional interpretations. <i>Journal of Children and Poverty</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19462en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationBray, Rachel, and René Brandt "Childcare and poverty in South Africa: an ethnographic challenge to conventional interpretations." <i>Journal of Children and Poverty</i> (2007) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19462en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationBray, R., & Brandt, R. (2007). Child care and poverty in South Africa: an ethnographic challenge to conventional interpretations. Journal of children & poverty, 13(1), 1-19.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn1079-6126en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Journal Article AU - Bray, Rachel AU - Brandt, René AB - This article draws on ethnographic research with children and their caregivers to explore the interaction between poverty and the nature and quality of child care in a resource-poor urban community in South Africa. The authors attend to issues such as mobility and "family fragmentation," the role of the extended family and other networks, and children's contributions to their own and others' care, all matters that provoke particular concern in the context of HIV/AIDS. The research challenges some of the more conventional interpretations on these matters by pointing to the continuities children experience in what can appear a disrupted care setting as well as the positive aspects of children's involvement in care. It also supports the case for a closer look at men's participation in various child-care roles in a climate where they are often dismissed as absent or unemployed and therefore non-contributory. Future research and policy on child care would benefit from the conceptual approach adopted across this work, which employs a relational lens and encompasses the dynamic contexts in which care is experienced and performed. DA - 2007 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - Journal of Children and Poverty LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2007 SM - 1079-6126 T1 - Childcare and poverty in South Africa: an ethnographic challenge to conventional interpretations TI - Childcare and poverty in South Africa: an ethnographic challenge to conventional interpretations UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19462 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/19462
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationBray R, Brandt R. Childcare and poverty in South Africa: an ethnographic challenge to conventional interpretations. Journal of Children and Poverty. 2007; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19462.en_ZA
dc.languageengen_ZA
dc.publisherTaylor & Francisen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentCentre for Social Science Research(CSSR)en_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.sourceJournal of Children and Povertyen_ZA
dc.source.urihttp://www.tandfonline.com/toc/cjcp20/current
dc.titleChildcare and poverty in South Africa: an ethnographic challenge to conventional interpretationsen_ZA
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