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Perceptions of empowerment: a study of muslim women living in the greater Cape Town Metropole
(University of the Western Cape, 2011)
This thesis is a small scale in depth exploration into the perceptions of power held by eight Muslim women residing in the Cape Town Metropole area. Using a Qualitative Feminist approach the study aimed to explore and shed ...
An exploration of the gendered constructions of ‘stoner’ identity on a Western Cape campus
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)
This study employed a social constructionist understanding of ‘identity’ to identify key markers of gendered ‘stoner’ identity and to consider how gendered ‘stoner’ identity is performed on a Western Cape campus. The aim ...
Constructions of identity among young students living with visual or physical disabilities at a university in Cape Town
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)
Not all disabilities are the same and the way that society may respond to people with disabilities depends on their “disability” and how their body deviates from the appearance norms of society. People with disabilities ...
Complicating “tradition” and “modernity”: Young South African Women‟s Perceptions of Lobola
(University of the Western Cape, 2021)
An indigenous cultural practice among the many ethnic groups of South Africa, lobola has changed immensely, especially in highly urbanised towns. It has also been the subject of several interpretations in academia, the ...