Life Histories, Reproductive Histories
Rural South African Women's Narratives of Fertility, Reproductive Health and Illness
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4603529 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anna Harrison (0000-0002-1673-8486), Abigail Harrison (0000-0003-1938-5513), Elizabeth Montgomery Abigail Harrison (corresponding author), Elizabeth Montgomery (0000-0002-5477-4445) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 311-328 |
| Publication date | 2001-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Southern African Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0305-7070 • E-ISSN: 1465-3893 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03057070120049994 |
| OpenAlex | W2097619477 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 19 |
| References cited | 19 |
Reproductive health has become a priority public health concern in recent years, although less attention has been paid to women's own reproductive health priorities. Qualitative research in this area is important in elucidating an understanding of women's roles in both social and biological reproduction, and in gaining access to women's perceptions of their own reproductive health. In this study, we examined rural Zulu women's perspectives on reproductive health and fertility as part of their life histories, and assessed knowledge of reproductive health and related practices. Findings indicate that, in spite of recent declines in fertility in South Africa, child bearing remains the principal form of self-expression among older Zulu women, with fertility a necessary step toward achieving social status as a woman. This status, however, does not confer autonomy or power on women, but rather serves as a means of meeting social expectations
Autonomy · Fertility · Political science · Population · Public health · Reproductive health · Sociology · Zulu · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Demography · Gender Studies · Global Maternal and Child Health · Medicine
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Annual Bibliography of Works about Life Writing, 2000-2001
Using life histories to explore gendered experiences of conflict in Gulu District, northern Uganda
Love, sex, drugs and women’s sub-optimal adherence to MDR-TB treatment in South Africa
HIV-infected women's experiences of pregnancy and motherhood in Cape Town, South Africa
Family biography, fertility and memory-making in an Aids-affected South African site
The school setting
Geographies of adolescent heterosexual dating and intimacy in a rural community in South Africa
Empowering teenagers to prevent pregnancy
Inclusion of Aids educational messages in rites of passage ceremonies
What influences a woman’s decision to access contraception in Timor-Leste? Perceptions from Timorese women and men
Women's experiences leaving abusive relationships
Improving Data Concerning Women's Empowerment in Sub‐Saharan Africa
Balancing Between Normality and Social Death
Women's Perceptions of Reproductive Health in Three Communities around Beirut, Lebanon
Zulu bridewealth (ilobolo) and womanhood in South Africa
Ukukipita (Cohabiting)
Is fertility falling in Zimbabwe?
The woman in the body
Women who are not married
Patients and Healers in the Context of Culture
Listening to women talk about their health
Health transition review
Conceiving the New World Order
Fertility Levels, Trends, and Differentials in Sub-Saharan Africa in the 1980s and 1990s
Urbanisation, household composition and the reproductive health of women in a South African city
Isihlambezo
Understanding Marital and Premarital Fertility in Rural South Africa
Perceptions of risk during pregnancy amongst urban women in Northeast Brazil
Ethnography of fertility and menstruation in rural Mexico
The South African Fertility Decline
Essays on African Marriage in Southern Africa
Girls' Puberty Songs and their Relation to Fertility, Health, Morality and Religion among the Zulu
Social Aspects of First Fruits Ceremonies among the South-Eastern Bantu
Problematizing pollution
| Unique citing works | 18 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,76 |
| Citation span | 2001 - 2025 (25) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 15 |