Care, contagion and the good mother : narratives of motherhood, tuberculosis and healing

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dc.contributor.author Majombozi, Ziyanda
dc.date.accessioned 2020-04-18T07:48:21Z
dc.date.issued 2019
dc.description.abstract South Africa is reported as one of the countries with a high burden of tuberculosis (TB). In response to the epidemic, the country’s national Department of Health attempted to improve access to health care and TB treatment with a variety of intervention, treatment and management programmes. Although these interventions are necessary for the macro project of lowering TB infections in South Africa, their focus tends to neglect the particular stories of how TB affects particular lives. In pursuit of such stories, this paper considers how two women, Andiswa and sis Thembi, in Khayelitsha, Western Cape, juggle motherhood and illness. Drawing on a body of literature that focuses on illness as a biographical disruption, good mothering and the impact of TB on poor families in South Africa, this paper explores how TB disrupts mothering. It looks at how these women manage their identities as mothers and their relationships when infected with the disrupting TB. I argue that despite the disruption, their lives show that TB produces moments of burdening and moments of unburdening. en_ZA
dc.description.abstract A África do Sul é relatada como um dos países com alta taxa de tuberculose (TB). Em resposta à epidemia, o Departamento Nacional de Saúde do país tentou melhorar o acesso aos cuidados de saúde e ao tratamento da tuberculose com uma diversidade de programas de intervenção, tratamento e gestão. Ainda que essas intervenções sejam necessárias para o macroprojeto da redução das infecções por TB na África do Sul, seu foco tende a negligenciar as histórias particulares e como a TB afeta vidas específicas. Em busca de tais histórias, este artigo trata de como duas mulheres, Andiswa e a irmã Thembi, em Khayelitsha, no Cabo Ocidental, equilibraram a maternidade e a doença. Baseando-se em uma literatura que foca na doença como uma ruptura biográfica, na boa maternagem e no impacto da TB nas famílias pobres da África do Sul, este artigo investiga como a TB perturba a maternagem. Observa como essas mulheres gerenciam suas identidades como mães e seus relacionamentos quando infectadas com a perturbadora TB. Argumento que, apesar do distúrbio, suas vidas mostram que a tuberculose produz momentos de sobrecarga e momentos de desafogo. en_ZA
dc.description.department Anthropology and Archaeology en_ZA
dc.description.embargo 2021-06-12
dc.description.librarian hj2020 en_ZA
dc.description.uri http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rasa20 en_ZA
dc.identifier.citation Ziyanda Majombozi (2019) Care, contagion and the good mother: narratives of motherhood, tuberculosis and healing, Anthropology Southern Africa, 42:4, 290-301, DOI: 10.1080/23323256.2019.1608276. en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn 2332-3256 (print)
dc.identifier.issn 2332-3264 (online)
dc.identifier.other 10.1080/23323256.2019.1608276
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/74210
dc.language.iso en en_ZA
dc.publisher Routledge en_ZA
dc.rights © 2019 Anthropology Southern Africa. This is an electronic version of an article published in Anthropology Southern Africa, vol. 42, no. 4, pp. 290-301, 2019. doi : 10.1080/23323256.2019.1608276. Anthropology Southern Africa is available online at : http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rasa20. en_ZA
dc.subject Tuberculosis (TB) en_ZA
dc.subject South Africa (SA) en_ZA
dc.subject Biographical disruption en_ZA
dc.subject Care en_ZA
dc.subject Illness narratives en_ZA
dc.subject Motherhood en_ZA
dc.subject Political economy en_ZA
dc.title Care, contagion and the good mother : narratives of motherhood, tuberculosis and healing en_ZA
dc.type Postprint Article en_ZA


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