Growing up women and men: gendered housework in Xhosa households in Langa

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dc.contributor.advisorFakier, Khayaaten_ZA
dc.contributor.authorBooi, Mariaen_ZA
dc.contributor.otherStellenbosch University. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dept. of Sociology and Social Anthropology.en_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2021-12-08T11:06:21Z
dc.date.accessioned2021-12-22T14:34:52Z
dc.date.available2021-12-08T11:06:21Z
dc.date.available2021-12-22T14:34:52Z
dc.date.issued2021-12
dc.descriptionThesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2021.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractENGLISH ABSTRACT: Housework and care work are gendered since men and women are expected to perform different tasks that characterise their gender. This is called the gendered division of labour in household which comprise practices of gender framed within binaries of gender, and where hegemonic masculinity is held superior to femininity and non-hegemonic masculinities. These binaries in the division of labour in the household, show that care continues to be feminised and devalued. Given the gender-based division of labour, women, rather than men, are picking up the added tasks of caring for family members. Furthermore, these binaries perpetuate themselves with the younger generation as children become socialised in gender roles that are aligned with their assigned gender. This research sought to explore how, through housework and care work, gender is understood and constructed by children between the ages of 14 and 17 years old. The research used Xhosa households as the site of research. An outcome of this research is understanding that the construction of gender is influenced by many factors such as, the family, culture, societal norms, and the social environment in which children find themselves. This research demonstrates that these factors influence how the participants construct gender. Furthermore, the research demonstrates that when boys reach manhood, they are free from housework. On the other hand, when girls reach womanhood, they are not afforded that freedom and have a responsibility to continue with housework. The dissimilarity here revolves around the notions of ‘rights’ versus ‘responsibility’, which further highlight how the two genders are constructed differently. However, some of the participants resist the imposition of gender roles and envision a different future for their own households.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractAFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Geen Afrikaanse opsomming beskikbaar nie.af_ZA
dc.description.versionMastersen_ZA
dc.format.extent58 pagesen_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/124013
dc.language.isoen_ZAen_ZA
dc.publisherStellenbosch : Stellenbosch Universityen_ZA
dc.rights.holderStellenbosch Universityen_ZA
dc.subjectXhosa (African people) -- South Africa -- Langaen_ZA
dc.subjectHousehold employeesen_ZA
dc.subjectCare of personsen_ZA
dc.subjectSexual division of laboren_ZA
dc.subjectLanga (Cape Town, South Africa)en_ZA
dc.subjectMen -- Identityen_ZA
dc.subjectFemininityen_ZA
dc.subjectChildren -- Xhosa -- Social life and customsen_ZA
dc.subjectChildren -- Xhosa -- Political and social viewsen_ZA
dc.subjectUCTD
dc.titleGrowing up women and men: gendered housework in Xhosa households in Langaen_ZA
dc.typeThesisen_ZA
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