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

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12875689
AutoresJ K Coetzee (0000-0002-1512-8790, University of the Free State, autor de correspondencia), Asta Rau (0000-0001-9756-220X, University of the Free State)
Año2017
Volumen13
Número1
Páginas10-31
Fecha de publicación2017-01-31
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaQualitative Sociology Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1733-8077 • E-ISSN: 1733-8077
EditorialUniversity of Lodz Press (PUBLISHER • PL)
DOI10.18778/1733-8077.13.1.02
OpenAlexW4205981806
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas10

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 backdrop to the sociology of the everyday, key ideas from three social theorists — Randall Collins, Jeffrey Alexander, and Vanessa May — guide our interpretation of excerpts from the farm workers’ narratives. The farm workers’ stories are also juxtaposed with reflections on the socio-political, economic, and emotional contexts of slavery and serfdom

Democracy · Everyday life · Inequality · Interpretation (philosophy · Literature · Narrative · Political science · Politics · Serfdom · Sociology · Gender Studies · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Philosophy · Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics · Social Work Education and Practice