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020			_a9781868 145331 _qPaperback
040			_aRDA _bENGLISH _c3228
082			_a339.470968 MOSO
100			_a Mosoetsa, Sarah _987343
245		0	_aEating from one pot: _bthe dynamics of survival in poor South African households _cSarah Mosoetsa.
260			_aJohannesburg: _bWits University Press, _c2011.
300			_axiv, 178 pages _bcolour illustrations, maps _c22 cm
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 152-170) and index.
520			_aSummary: "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.
521			_aAdult
650			_2Introduction ---- 1. 'Sharing the little I have with my family' : the allocative rules of household resources and income --- 2. 'My wife does not respect me anymore' : unequal power dynamics in households --- 3. 'I remain an ANC member, but ... ' : civil society in Mpumalanga and Enhlalakahle --- 4. Theoretical and policy implications ---- Conclusion : poor households are fragile sites of stability.
651			_aSouth Africa
654			_2Communal living Households—Economic aspects Poverty South Africa
655			_aNon-fiction _9190173
690			_2730412468
700			_aYda Walt, Hothouse South Africa, Michael Wessels, Ultra Litho (Pty) Ltd. _9192529
942			_cBOOK _2ddc _y12663 _zPriscilla Nozizwe Mogale
999			_c363573 _d363571