What a time to be birthing!’: exploring childbearing experiences of black middle-class mothers in Johannesburg, South Africa

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dc.contributor.authorMajombozi, Ziyanda
dc.date.accessioned2022-12-21T11:10:22Z
dc.date.available2022-12-21T11:10:22Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.departmentDepartment of Anthropology
dc.descriptionA thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the Doctor of Philosophy to the Faculty of Humanities, School of Social Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, 2021
dc.description.abstractThis ethnography is based on over a year of fieldwork with Black middle-class mothers in Johannesburg, South Africa (2017-2018). Employing ethnographic methodological techniques - including participant observation, interviews and digital ethnography, this thesis explores mothering experiences of Black middle-class mothers. Middle class black mothers are a unique group in South African Anthropology, one that is under-researched and whose stories of motherhood remain largely under explored. Using the South African 2015/2016 Fees Must Fall/Rhodes Must Fall student protests as well as the American Black Lives Matter movement as a backdrop, I explore the ways in which motherhood is shaped by the context it happens in, particularly in terms of race and politics of representation. I argue that political events, particularly the student protests and Black lives matter movements set in motion a space where the mothers who were my interlocutors formed a political and social consciousness that saw them seeking ways to affirm and instil a Black pride in their children. Thus, in this thesis, I show how themes of race, Blackness, Black pride and representation fold into the everyday practice of mothering for Black middle-class mothers in Johannesburg, South Africa.
dc.description.librarianTL (2022)
dc.facultyFaculty of Humanities
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10539/33938
dc.language.isoen
dc.phd.titlePhD
dc.schoolSchool of Social Sciences
dc.titleWhat a time to be birthing!’: exploring childbearing experiences of black middle-class mothers in Johannesburg, South Africa
dc.typeThesis
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