Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2001. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In this qualitative study the significance of the everyday eating rituals of
female farm workers of color in the Western Cape is explored. Eating and its
associated activities are understood as embodied, social practices that are
meaningful and meaning-making. It aims to address the gap left by
mainstream psychology's scant attention to the subject matter. Furthermore,
it is an endeavor to steer away from the dualistic path trailed by mainstream
psychology's following of traditional western philosophical thought. Assuming
a social constructionist approach, six transcribed interviews were analyzed
using the grounded theory method. Three main themes are extracted from
these texts: knowing, agency and community. The ritual of preparing food
involves embodied knowing, which enhances the women's impressions of
their capacities as transformative agents. This sense of agency is performed
through other acts of eating within relational contexts. The link between
eating rituals and notions of community is thus introduced, which opens the
space to revisit the positions of women in the sites of the family and society. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: In hierdie kwalitatiewe studie word die sinvolheid van die alledaagse eetritLiele
van vroue-plaaswerkers van kleur in die Wes-Kaap verken. Eet en
gepaardgaande aktiwiteite word beskou as beliggaamde sosiale praktyke wat
betekenisvol en betekenisgewend is. Dit poog om hoofstroom sielkunde se
gebrekkige hantering van die onderwerp aan te spreek. Ook is dit 'n poging
om weg te stuur van die dualistiese trajek wat hoofstroom sielkunde navolg in
die handhawing van die westerse filosofiese tradisie. Ses getranskribeerde
onderhoude is ontleed vanuit In sosiaal-konstruksionistiese perspektief. Die
analise maak gebruik van die "grounded theory" metode. Drie sleuteltemas is
ge'identifiseer: om te weet, agentskap en gemeenskap. Die ritueel van
kosmaak behels In beliggaamde vorm van weet wat bydra tot die vroue se
gevoel van hul kapasiteit as transformatiewe agente. Die gevoel van
agentskap word uitgevoer deur ander eethandelinge binne die konteks van
verhoudings. Die skakel tussen eetrituele en idees oor gemeenskap word
dus aangevoer, wat die ruimte skep om die posisies van vroue binne gesin en
samelewing te herbesin.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:sun/oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/52072 |
| Date | 03 1900 |
| Creators | Matthee, Deidre Denise |
| Contributors | Kruger, L. M., Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dept. of Psychology. |
| Publisher | Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | en_ZA |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | 88 p. |
| Rights | Stellenbosch University |
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