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020			_a9781868145331 (pbk.)
020			_a1868145336 (pbk.)
020			_a9781868146277 (e-book)
040			_aDLC _beng _cDLC _dAU
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049			_aAlfaisal Main Library
050	1	4	_aHQ972.S62 _bK83 2011eb
082	0	4	_a339.470968 _222
100	1		_aMosoetsa, Sarah, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aEating from one pot : _bthe dynamics of survival in poor South African households / _cSarah Mosoetsa.
264		1	_aJohannesburg : _bWits University Press, _c2011.
300			_a1 online resource (187 pages) : _billustrations, maps
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 152-170) and index.
520			_a"As poverty and unemployment deepen in contemporary South Africa, the burning question becomes, how do the poor survive? This book provides a compelling answer. Based on intensive fieldwork, it shows how many African households are on the brink of collapse. That they keep going at all can largely be attributed to the struggles of older women against poverty. They are the fulcrum on which household survival turns. This book describes how households in two different areas in KwaZulu-Natal are sites of both stability and conflict. As one of the interviewees put it: "We eat from one pot and should always help each other." Yet the stability of family networks is becoming fragile because of the enormous burden placed on them by unemployment and unequal power relations. Many of the households are extremely poor, relying on a total monthly income of less than R800. People live on little more than maize meal, tea and sugar. However, the book also demonstrates that they are not passive victims of poverty. Women, in particular, show impressive qualities of energy and resourcefulness. They engage in a number of informal sector activities, and many are active in a range of faith, and community and home-based care associations"--Publisher's website.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
590			_aElectronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
650		0	_aCommunal living _zSouth Africa.
650		0	_aPoverty _zSouth Africa.
650		0	_aHouseholds _xEconomic aspects _zSouth Africa.
655		7	_aElectronic books. _2local
710	2		_aebrary, Inc.
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856	4	0	_uhttp://ezproxy.alfaisal.edu/login?url=http://site.ebrary.com/lib/alfaisal/Doc?id=11074343
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260			_c2011.
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