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| Zulu grandmothers' socialization of granddaughters | | Author(s) | Maria G Cattell |
| Journal title | Southern African Journal of Gerontology, vol 6, no 1, April 1997 |
| Pages | pp 14-16 |
| Keywords | Grandmothers ; Grandchildren ; Social roles ; Black people ; South Africa. |
| Annotation | This article reports on preliminary analysis of data from interviews and participant observation from a qualitative exploratory study of Zulu grandmothers and granddaughters carried out in 1995 in KwaZulu-Natal. The analysis suggests that older women continue to have important roles in Zulu families, including teaching granddaughters about work and respectful behaviour. At the same time, there are tensions and stresses between the generations and between Zulu ideas about women's roles and transformation of women's roles in contemporary South Africa. Interviewees' perceptions of critical junctures of these interpersonal and sociocultural tensions focused on premarital sexual behaviour and pregnancies, respect between the generations, and education and its effect on Zulu women, and women's opportunities for success in the formal economy and modern world. Aware of these tensions and problems, grandmothers were not giving up their mission to socialise granddaughters into Zulu culture, while at the same time, looking for ways to enhance their granddaughters' life chances through formal education. |
| Accession Number | CPA-971113236 A |
| Classmark | SW2: SW5: TM5: TKE: 7PM |
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