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‘We Do Not Cook, We Only Assist Them’: Constructions of Hegemonic Masculinity Through Gendered Activity
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Kopano Ratele --- University of South Africa/Medical Research Council, Tamara Shefer --- University of the Western Cape, Anna Strebel --- Independent Researcher, Elron Fouten --- Rhodes University,This article discusses how the gendering of activity by boys coincides with, contests or recreates constructions of hegemonic masculinity in the context of South Africa. The study used a qualitative methodology including a series of three focus groups with 14–16... -
The gendered experiences of children in child-headed households in Swaziland
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Nozipho Mkhatshwa --- National Emergency Response Council on HIV and AIDS (NERCHA) Swaziland – Response Leadership and Partnerships, SwazilandThis study investigated the gender dynamics of living in child-headed households (CHHs) in a rural area in Swaziland that experiences high levels of drought, poverty and HIV and AIDS. Using a qualitative research methodology, the study examined ways in which... -
Why and to Where does Ajany Run? Culture and Femininity in Yvonne Owuor’s Dust
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Esther K. Mbithi --- , Kenya Julia Njeri Karumba --- , KenyaLaunched around the time Kenya was marking fifty years of independence, Yvonne Owuor’s Dust has been described as a ‘cultural inheritance.’ It portrays a collection of colourful characters who laugh at themselves in their search for some sense of belonging... -
Repositioning ‘woman’ in Nwapa’s Efuru and Emecheta’s Joys of Motherhood
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Sifiso Sibanda --- North-West University, South AfricaThis paper focuses on Nwapa and Emecheta’s transformative representation of their heroines in Efuru and The Joys of Motherhood, respectively. In these two works, the authors seek to reposition ‘woman’ and inaugurate her as a formidable force of change. They...