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The invention of moffie life in Cape Town, South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
This dissertation is an ethnography of the figure of the moffie as a performance of same sex
desire amongst gender non-conforming men, as it is celebrated in the 'coloured' ('coloured' is
a constructed racial category, ...
Life beyond protests: An ethnographic study of what it means to be an informal settlement resident in Kanana/Gugulethu, Cape Town
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
This study explores the lives of Kanana residents, an informal settlement in Gugulethu
Township on the outskirts of Cape Town, South Africa. It pays particular attention to their
everyday lives to dispel negative and ...
Empregados do Quintal (male domestic workers) in Nampula city: Domestic work, masculinities and matrilinearity
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
This study questions why domestic work that is generally considered a feminine job is yet a field dominated by men in the city of Nampula, Mozambique. In the attempt to explain this phenomenon, the research explores economic, ...