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

dc.contributor.authorMajombozi, Ziyanda
dc.contributor.emailziyanda.majombozi@up.ac.zaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-18T07:48:21Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractSouth 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.abstractA 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.departmentAnthropology and Archaeologyen_ZA
dc.description.embargo2021-06-12
dc.description.librarianhj2020en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rasa20en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationZiyanda 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.issn2332-3256 (print)
dc.identifier.issn2332-3264 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.1080/23323256.2019.1608276
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/74210
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherRoutledgeen_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.subjectTuberculosis (TB)en_ZA
dc.subjectSouth Africa (SA)en_ZA
dc.subjectBiographical disruptionen_ZA
dc.subjectCareen_ZA
dc.subjectIllness narrativesen_ZA
dc.subjectMotherhooden_ZA
dc.subjectPolitical economyen_ZA
dc.titleCare, contagion and the good mother : narratives of motherhood, tuberculosis and healingen_ZA
dc.typePostprint Articleen_ZA

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