Annual Ruth First Memorial Lecture, University of the Witwatersrand
Voices from the Margin
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2137660 |
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| Authors | Crystal Orderson (Emerson (Sweden), corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 70 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 156-165 |
| Publication date | 2011-04-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | African Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-0184 • E-ISSN: 1469-2872 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00020184.2011.559382 |
| OpenAlex | W2006444109 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
This lecture sets out to narrate the story of young single mothers living in Mitchell's Plain, a township on the periphery of Cape Town, the choices they make on a daily basis and the exclusion they face. The Ruth First Fellowship allowed me to return to my hometown of Mitchell's Plain, located on the Cape Flats, to research and investigate the plight of single mothers who receive a child support grant from the state. Here I try to narrate a story of a community of women who rely on matriarchal networks to survive; the choices they make. My story of their lives challenges the widespread notion that those receiving the child support grant are living off the state
Archaeology · Cape · Child support · Face (sociological concept · Genealogy · Margin (machine learning · Political science · Social science · Sociology · State (computer science · Child Welfare and Adoption · Gender Studies · History · Law · Legal Issues in South Africa · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
| Highly cited | No |
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