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008			110830s2011 sa o 00 0 eng d
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020			_a9781868146277
020			_z9781868145331 (pbk.)
020			_z1868145336 (pbk.)
035			_a(OCoLC)1016851416
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050	0	4	_aHQ972.S62 _bK83 2011
082	0		_a339.470968 _222
100	1		_aMosoetsa, Sarah.
245	1	0	_aEating from One Pot _bThe dynamics of survival in poor South African households / _cSarah Mosoetsa.
264		1	_bWits University Press,
264		3	_bProject MUSE,
300			_a1 online resource (xiv, 178 p.) : _bill., maps ;
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 152-170) and index.
506	0		_aOpen Access _fUnrestricted online access _2star
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.
650		0	_aHouseholds _xEconomic aspects _zSouth Africa.
650		0	_aPoverty _zSouth Africa.
650		0	_aCommunal living _zSouth Africa.
655		7	_aElectronic books. _2local
710	2		_aProject Muse. _edistributor
830		0	_aBook collections on Project MUSE.
856	4	0	_zFull text available: _uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/book/50545/
945			_aProject MUSE - Archive Global Cultural Studies Supplement VI
945			_aProject MUSE - Archive African Studies Supplement V
945			_aProject MUSE - Archive Complete Supplement VI
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