J K Coetzee

Biographic Data

ID981198
NAMEJ K Coetzee
GIVEN NAMESJ K
FAMILY NAMECoetzee
SIGNATURECOETZEE J K
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of the Free State
ORCID0000-0002-1512-8790
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS39
TOTAL CITATIONS12
AUTHOR COUNT38
EDITOR COUNT1
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1974
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2021
H-INDEX2

  • Narrating Memory: Weighing up the Testimony

    Open AccessJ K CoetzeeARTICLEQualitative Sociology Review2021

    Memory is the ability to store, maintain and recall information and experiences. Although predominantly an individual attribute, memory coincides with the life-world, with consciousness and with the ability to define reality – all of which are shared with others. When analysing narratives the sociologist needs to situate individual memory within its broader context. The article follows the argument that individuals acquire their memories within a…

  • Narrating Emotions: Towards Deeper Understanding

    Open AccessJ K CoetzeeARTICLEQualitative Sociology Review2020References: 9

    Qualitative research aims at unwrapping the ordinary and the exceptional in order to bring us closer to a complete description and interpretation of life. People’s narratives are particularly effective in revealing deeper dimensions of experience and of meaning. Narratives always need to be read against the background of the empirical reality in which they are embedded. Most of the narratives referred to in this article are situated against the e…

  • Narrating the Everyday: Windows on Life in Central South Africa

    Open AccessJ K CoetzeeBOOKNarrating the Everyday2019

    The chapters in this book reflect on the practice of using narratives to understand individual and social reality. They all reveal dimensions of the same concrete reality: contemporary society of Central South Africa. Except for two, all the chapters originated from research in the program The Narrative Study of Lives, situated in the Department of Sociology at the University of the Free State in Bloemfontein, South Africa. Each chapter opens a w…

  • Deconstructing My Library, Unwrapping My Lifeworld

    Open AccessJ K CoetzeeARTICLEQualitative Sociology Review2019

    One of the most frequent ways of narrating everyday life in developed countries has been via the printed book. The invention of printing allowed for an ever-increasing mass production of documents of life that systematically established an era of communication and a political economy that had profound implications for the structure of living together. This article departs from the context of my own lifeworld: a lifeworld closely related to printe…

  • Reflecting on Female Beauty: Cosmetic Surgery and (Dis)Empowerment

    Open AccessAlessandra K Heggenstaller, Asta Rau et al.ARTICLEQualitative Sociology Review2019References: 2

    This project aims to unwrap some of the complexities related to female beauty and the body. It reflects on the second wave radical feminist view that beautifying the female body serves to attract male approval via the male gaze, both of which are deeply entrenched in patriarchal power. This perspective positions cosmetic surgery as a disempowering act for women. In riposte, we turn to third wave liberal feminist ideas to engage with the narrative…

  • Beauty and the Cosmetic Secret

    Open AccessAlessandra K Heggenstaller, Asta Rau et al.ARTICLEQualitative Sociology Review2019References: 2

    Cosmetic surgery is often linked to the perception that women who resort to cosmetic interventions to alter their physical appearance are vain, superficial, and narcissistic. Few investigations have acknowledged and explored the individual’s personal motivations and experiences of her action and choice with regards to aesthetic surgery. By focusing on subjective experience, alternative insights can be gained on the cosmetic procedure(s) and on ho…

  • Narratives and Everyday Life

    Open AccessJ K Coetzee, Asta RauARTICLEQualitative Sociology Review2019References: 3

  • A Shock to the System: HIV among Older African Women in Zimbabwe

    Open AccessNdakaitei Chikonzo, Asta Rau et al.ARTICLEQualitative Sociology Review2019References: 1

    HIV remains a threat to the ordinary everyday life of older woman in African society. In what can be called “a reality shock,” HIV challenges most of the ordinary everyday endeavors in conservative African societies as it imposes new Western prevention, treatment, and health-management methods over long-held African traditions. The reality of the “Western” HIV epidemic, and its impact on the “African” ordinary everyday life, demands that the infe…

  • Online Social Networking, Interactions, and Relations: Students at the University of the Free State, Bloemfontein

    Open AccessSello Jan Sele, J K Coetzee et al.ARTICLEQualitative Sociology Review2019References: 7

    Online social networking (OSN) is an activity performed through social network sites (SNS) such as Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, and Instagram. OSN has become a dominant interaction mechanism within contemporary society. Online platforms are woven inextricably into the fabric of individuals’ everyday lives, especially those of young adults. We present a mixed-methods study—conducted at the University of the Free State in Bloemfontein—that analyzes…

  • The Creative Process. A Case for Meaning-Making

    Open AccessPhokeng Tshepo Setai, J K Coetzee et al.ARTICLEQualitative Sociology Review2019References: 3

    Since the beginning of time art-making has been a tool to express, preserve, and challenge the extant knowledge in society. Artists do this by finding or creatively constructing new understandings in society. An artist is able to do this through the medium he/she uses to relay the message of the artwork. The medium that an artist uses to express his/her artistic concept has an impact on the character that the artwork will take. The medium of expr…

  • Experiencing Physical Disability: Young African Women in Lesotho

    Open AccessSeithati Rafoneke, J K Coetzee et al.ARTICLEQualitative Sociology Review2019References: 7

    The article unwraps notions related to young African women’s lifeworld experiences of physical disability. The study is positioned in the broad context of the theoretical frameworks of phenomenology, existential sociology, the social construction of reality, feminist disability theory, and intersectionality. Focus is given to the way social systems of cultural oppression and discrimination impact women with physical impairments and manifest in ho…

  • Online Gamers, Lived Experiences, and Sense of Belonging: Students at the University of the Free State, Bloemfontein

    Open AccessAndré J Pietersen, J K Coetzee et al.ARTICLEQualitative Sociology Review2019Cited by: 2References: 24

    Individuals who partake in video games are often regarded with prejudice. It is an activity that is perceived to be mainly related to senseless leisure and teenage entertainment. However, many diverse people make video games such an important part of their lives that they become passionately engaged in it. Video games and online video gaming offer the player immersive experiences unlike any other forms of media. A phenomenological and interpretiv…

  • Between Enslavement and Liberation. Narratives of Belonging from Two Farm Workers in Rural South Africa

    Open AccessJ K Coetzee, Asta RauARTICLEQualitative Sociology Review2017Cited by: 1References: 6

    More than two decades after the genesis of South Africa’s aspirational democracy in 1994, deep-seated forms of inequality still exist. These are explored in the narratives of two farm workers who tell of events and experiences in their everyday lives. In probing the everyday, we turn the spotlight on phenomena, events, and experiences that are simultaneously familiar yet perplexing, taken-for-granted yet questionable, tangible yet elusive. As a b…

  • Overcoming the Divide: An Interpretive Exploration of Young Black South Africans’ Lived Experiences of Upward Mobility in Central South Africa

    Open AccessMichael Kok, J K Coetzee et al.ARTICLEQualitative Sociology Review2017Cited by: 2References: 3

    The institutionalized racism that once subjugated the Black majority during South Africa’s apartheid years gave way after 1994 to legislature that aims to bring the country into a new era of egalitarianism. A striking result of this has been the steady flow of young Black people achieving upward mobility and making the transition into the middle- and upper-classes. This article explores young Black South Africans’ lived experiences of upward mobi…

  • The Everyday in a Time of Transformation: Exploring a Single South African Lifeworld after 20 Years of Democracy

    Open AccessP Conrad Kotze, J K CoetzeeARTICLEQualitative Sociology Review2017References: 4

    This article discusses a recent study that attempts to do just that. The everyday life of a South African is explored within the context of changes that can be linked, more or less directly, to those that have characterized South Africa as a state since the end of apartheid in 1994. The study strives to avoid the pitfalls associated with either an empirical or solely constructivist appreciation of this phenomenon, but rather represents an integra…

  • Everyday Hair Discourses of African Black Women

    Open AccessZukiswa Majali, J K Coetzee et al.ARTICLEQualitative Sociology Review2017Cited by: 1References: 4

    Hair for African Black people has always had meaning. In the past, elaborate hairstyles communicated their status, identity, and place within the larger society. In present day society, hair continues to be a significant part of being an African Black person. Especially for women, who attach a number of different meanings to hair. This study casts more light on young African Black women’s everyday perceptions of hair and uncovers the meanings the…

  • Life as a Stranger: Experiences of Labor Migrants from Lesotho

    Open AccessMalilimala Moletsane, J K Coetzee et al.ARTICLEQualitative Sociology Review2017Cited by: 2References: 9

    Drawing on in-depth interviews with nine Basotho labor migrants in Bloemfontein, this article examines their experiences of being a stranger by exploring their accounts of everyday life. Literature on migration studies confirms that migrants face numerous challenges in destination areas, and South Africa is no exception in this regard. The major concerns expressed by the research participants are harassment by the police, hostility from the local…

  • Mother-Daughter Communication on Intimate Relationships: Voices from a Township in Bloemfontein, South Africa

    Open AccessNtombizonke A Gumede, Amanda Young‐Hauser et al.ARTICLEQualitative Sociology Review2017References: 6

    Sex education and conversations about intimate relationships are generally regarded to be important and can contribute to young women’s positive or negative reproductive health development and general well-being. The findings contained in this article suggest that in a resource poor South African township, mothers and their daughters struggle to initiate and conduct meaningful discussions about sex. These discussions are often framed in terms of …

  • Experiencing Boundaries: Basotho Migrant Perspectives on the Lesotho-South Africa Border

    Open AccessMelissa Kelly, Malilimala Moletsane et al.ARTICLEQualitative Sociology Review2017Cited by: 1References: 8

    The Lesotho-South Africa border is regarded as highly porous with many Basotho migrants seizing work and educational opportunities in South Africa, while simultaneously maintaining strong ties to family members, businesses, and land in Lesotho. The fact that Sesotho is spoken on both sides of the border is one of the particular factors that has made it possible for people to move back and forth with relative ease. The border nevertheless remains …

  • Group Identity and Groupness: Student Experiences at University

    Open AccessFlorian Elliker, P Conrad Kotze et al.ARTICLEQualitative Sociology Review2017References: 31

    One of the key transformations South African universities have undergone in the past two decades is the increase of racial and ethnic diversity of their student bodies and academic staff. In this study, we seek to contribute to a better understanding of these transformation processes by presenting students’ narratives of how they experience the interracial integration of student residences. We first address the potential groupist and essential un…

  • The "Sangoma" or the Healthcare Center? Health-Seeking Practices of Women Living in the Mangaung Township (Bloemfontein, South Africa)

    Open AccessNaomi Yvonne Mbelekani, Amanda Young‐Hauser et al.ARTICLEQualitative Sociology Review2017Cited by: 1References: 3

    Traditional and Western medicine are both commonplace in South Africa, and are often consulted in conjunction with each other. The article aims to fill critical knowledge gaps in understanding how women as caregivers decide on medication when experiencing illness in the home. In order to achieve valid and rich in-depth understanding about the types of medicine that individuals opt for, a narrative study was conducted. The research participants ar…

  • Narrating Experiences of Breast Cancer: Reflections of Women Attending a Private Hospital in Bloemfontein, South Africa

    Open AccessAlessandra K Heggenstaller, Katinka De Wet et al.ARTICLEQualitative Sociology Review2017References: 1

    It is commonly thought that breast cancer, like many other cancers, is an illness equivalent to a death sentence. Though this may be true in some cases, the majority of women diagnosed with breast cancer do survive this illness. Breast cancer is a growing illness and is continuing to affect women worldwide, including developing countries like South Africa. Furthermore, this country’s medical system operates in terms of a duality. Here, hospitals …

  • Narrating Everyday Precarity: Women’s Voices from Resource Poor Areas

    Open AccessVeronica Masenya, Katinka De Wet et al.ARTICLEQualitative Sociology Review2017References: 7

    African family life in South Africa’s post-apartheid context is shaped by the socio-political history of the country. Despite various attempts to address the remnants of poverty, unequal distribution of resources and the lack of livelihood services still exist. African families from resource poor areas of townships in South Africa are still faced with poverty and deprivation. Black African women, often with minimum schooling, suffer the most from…

  • Optimizing the Epistemological Potential of Focus Groups in Research on a Contested Issue

    Open AccessJ K Coetzee, P Conrad KotzeARTICLEQualitative Sociology Review2014Cited by: 1References: 1

    This article explores the potential of the focus group to generate analyzable social interaction. We investigate the ways in which group interaction may lead to new insights using examples from a 2011 study on transformation at a South African university campus. Certain aspects of sociable interaction, such as communicative interaction, power and agency, conflict, as well as exchange are touched upon and their roles in the intersubjective constru…

  • Narrating student life in a time of risk

    Open AccessAsta Rau, J K Coetzee et al.ARTICLEQualitative Sociology Review2010References: 3

    Students speaking to students reveal how they perceive and experience risk — and specifically, risk associated with HIV — during their years attending a small university in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. Data were collected in twenty focus group discussions that spanned two years and two cycles of an action research project designed to infuse HIV/AIDS-content/issues into a closely supervised third-year Sociology research methodology c…