Reconceptualizing the family : in a changing Southern African environment / Sara Mvududu, Patricia McFadden.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mvududu, Sara C.

Contributor:

McFadden, Patricia.

Women and Law in Southern Africa Trust.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Families--Africa, Southern.

Families.

Women--Africa, Southern--Social conditions.

Women.

Social conditions.

Southern Africa.

Physical Description:

252 pages ; 21 cm

Other Title:

Family

Place of Publication:

Harare, Zimbabwe : Women and Law in Southern Africa Resarch Trust, 2001.

Summary:

This admirable, wide-ranging study grapples fearlessly with the mammoth topic of the Southern African family, and in particular, the positions and identities of women within the family, and their rights. Issues broached include: women's access to land and physical resources; human resources as a survival strategy; the intersection of family, law, rights and resources; methodological perspectives; and the family as site for social transformation. There is an explicit political and feminist agenda and urgent aim: to encourage the reader to rethink the family; to reconceptualise its meaning; and contribute to the debate that surrounds the next phase of societies in change. The narrative propels the reader along in the genuine anticipation that despite difficulties, new ground is breaking and new ideas emerging, which will interest firstly the Southern African woman, but equally, anyone interested in the topical and contentious issue of the family and its possibilities.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-248) and index.

ISBN:

0797422595

OCLC:

49822988