Browsing Faculty of Arts by Author "Lewis, Desiree"
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Complicating “tradition” and “modernity”: Young South African Women‟s Perceptions of Lobola
Nduna, Nyaradzo (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 ... -
Decentering nationalism: Representing and contesting Chimurenga in Zimbabwean popular culture
Mawere, Tinashe (University of the Western Cape, 2015)This study seeks to uncover the non-coercive, intricate and insidious ways which have generated both the 'willing' acceptance of and resistance to the rule of Robert Mugabe and ZANU-PF in Zimbabwe. I consider how popular ... -
Exploring the dualisms of 'belonging': Young women's performances of citizenship in Cape Town
Van Vuuren, Monique (University of the Western Cape, 2016)My research involves a nuanced exploration of 'citizenship', through examining the liberatory potential of young women's use of social media and performance of embodied subjectivities in the post-Apartheid imaginary. By ... -
Gendered dynamics in South African astrophysics: A case study of the South African Astronomical Observatory
Bongwana, Thembelihle (University of the Western Cape, 2016)This study explores the nuances around gendered dynamics, attitudes, ideologies, values and knowledge that exist within astronomy and astrophysics institutions paying specific attention to the South African Astronomical ... -
Migration and body politics: a study of migrant women workers in Bellville, Cape Town
Chireka, Kudzai (University of the Western Cape, 2015)Migration has become very prominent in South Africa, and unlike most countries on the continent, it is an extremely prominent destinations for migrants. The country attracts migrants because there is a common perception ... -
"Passing women": gender and hybridity in the fiction of three female South African authors
Marais, Marcia Helena (University of the Western Cape, 2012)A key aim of this study is to shed light on the representation of coloured women with reference to racial passing, using fictive characters depicted in Sarah Gertrude Millin’s (1924) God's Stepchildren, Zoë Wicomb's (2006) ... -
Radical possibilities at the crossroads of African feminism and digital activism
Hussen, Tigist Shewarega (University of the Western Cape, 2022)Studies abound that deal with digital activism and social movements worldwide. Many African scholars continue to dwell on how the effects of technological advancement and access to social media are ingrained in class and ... -
"War in the home'' marriage and mediation among the Gurage in Ethiopia
Hussen, Tigist Shewarega (University of the Western Cape, 2011)Ethiopian ethnic groups exhibit highly autochthonous cultural norms and values that are embedded in their traditional beliefs, systems, and religions. This study shows how, at the grassroots level, the Gurage ethnic group ... -
Women's negotiation of alternative sexualities in the Western Cape: A Cape Town case study
Mitchell, Sharrone CJ (University of the Western Cape, 2012)This mini thesis is an exploratory study of the lived experiences of bisexual and lesbian women in the Western Cape with regard to how they claim agency and negotiate their individual sexualities. Using mixed methodologies ...