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Constructing “woman”: probing how the cultural practice of chinamwali among the Shangaan people is used to construct ‘womanhood’.

dc.contributor.advisorNaidu, Uma Maheshvari.
dc.contributor.authorMuchono, William.
dc.date.accessioned2020-07-28T07:58:13Z
dc.date.available2020-07-28T07:58:13Z
dc.date.created2018
dc.date.issued2018
dc.descriptionDoctoral Degree. University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban.en_US
dc.description.abstractThis study aims to probe how the cultural practice of chinamwali among the Shangaan people is used to construct ‘womanhood’. The study probes the perceptions, understanding and lived experiences of the men and women who reside in the Mahenye community of Chipinge District (south eastern Zimbabwe) where chinamwali, (cultural rite of passage for girls and women) is practised. The study was premised on the understanding that the practice of chinamwali socially constructs or defines women in a particular (Mahenye) culture. Interview questionnaires and focus group discussions as well as observations were used to gather data from people in the Mahenye community in Zimbabwe. The study reveals that if a woman is not initiated she is considered no longer valuable in the community and tends to be a social outcast or to be excluded from several cultural activities.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://researchspace.ukzn.ac.za/handle/10413/18589
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.otherChinamwali.en_US
dc.subject.otherWomanhood.en_US
dc.subject.otherFemale body.en_US
dc.subject.otherSocial capital.en_US
dc.subject.otherGender.en_US
dc.subject.otherInitiation.en_US
dc.subject.otherCultural practices.en_US
dc.subject.otherShangaans.en_US
dc.subject.otherRites and ceremonies--Zimbabwe.en_US
dc.titleConstructing “woman”: probing how the cultural practice of chinamwali among the Shangaan people is used to construct ‘womanhood’.en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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