Connected Lives

Families, Households, Health and Care in South Africa

• Author(s): Nolwazi Mkhwanazi, Lenore Manderson,
• Publisher: HSRC Press
• Pages: 228
• ISBN_10: 0796925852
  ISBN_13: 9780796925855
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Family & Relationships / Life Stages / General , Medical / Reproductive Medicine & Technology , Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social , Social Science / Sociology / General , Social Science / Sociology / Marriage & Family , Social Science / Developing & Emerging Countries ,

Description:... What impact do economic, demographic, and social change have on the everyday health and well being of families and households in contemporary South Africa? The authors explore this question in twenty-nine case studies of people with diverse backgrounds in terms of ethnicity, class, sex and gender, age, and location, considering the influence of these factors across the life course.
CONTENTS:

• Changing Family Structures and Everyday Relationships of Care.
• Making Families.
• Family-Keeping.
• How Men Care.
• Everyday Care and Illness.
• As Families Age.
• Families, Care, and Support.