Anthropology: ANTH202 READINGS

BOOKS FOR ANTHROPOLOGY ARE AVAILABLE IN THE MAIN LIBRARY SECOND FLOOR ON SHELF NUMBERS 301 AND 306.

You can also use the journals Anthropology Southern Africa and South African review of sociology

THE LINKS BELOW YOU CAN CLICK ON THEM AND THEY WILL TAKE YOU STRAIT TO THE ARTICLE.

1. Nanda & Warms (2012), Cultural Anthropology, Chapter 8: Marriage, family and domestic groups, 169-191  

2. Moving during times of crisis: Migration, living arrangements and COVID-19 in South Africa

3. Modernizing Marriage: Balancing the Benefits and Liabilities of Bridewealth in Rural South Africa

4.Taylor, B. 2005. “Whose baby is it? The impact of reproductive technologies on kinship”, Human Fertility, 189-195

5. Same sex marriage from an anthropological view

6. Amoateng, AY. 2007. “Towards a conceptual framework for families and households.” In AY Amoateng and T Heaton (eds). Families and Households in post-apartheid South Africa: Socio-demographic perspectives. Cape Town. HSRC Press.

7. Makiwane et al 2017. Family in a changing South Africa: Structures, functions and welfare of members. South African Review of Sociology, 48:2, 49-69

8. OECD family changes 2011. “Families are changing”, www.oecd.org, 1-37

9. Dillon, M. and Walsh C. 2012. The Left Behind: The Experiences of Children of Caribbean whose parents have migrated. Journal of Comparative Family Studies. Vol 43, No. 6 pp 871 -902

10. Hall, K. 2016. Maternal and child migration in post-apartheid South Africa: Evidence from the NIDS panel study. Cape Town: SALDRU, University of Cape Town. SALDRU Working Paper Number 178/ NIDS Discussion Paper 2016/5

11. Therborn, G. 2004. “African Families in a Global context”. In G. THerborn (ed) African Families in a Global Context. Sweden.  Elanders Infologistics. 

12. Delaporte, S. 2008. Redefining Childcare in the context of AIDs: the extended family revisited. Agenda: Empowering Women for gender equity. Vol. 22, No. 75, pp 129 – 140

13. Hills et al 2016. The lived experience of street children in Durban, South Africa. International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health & Wellbeing. Vol 11, pp1-11

14. Hunter, Mark. Is it enough to talk of marriage as a process? Legitimate co-habitation in Umlazi, South Africa.  Anthropology Southern Africa, Volume 39, 2016 - Issue 4.

15. Dorrit Posel, Stephanie Rudwick & Daniela Casale (2011) Is marriage a dying institution in South Africa? Exploring changes in marriage in the context of ilobolo payments, Agenda, 25:1, 102-111.

16.  Shope, Janet Hinson.  2006. 'Lobola is here to stay': rural black women and the contradictory meanings of lobolo in post-apartheid South Africa, Agenda: Empowering Women for Gender Equity, n68 (20060101): 64-72.

17. Togarasei, L. 2021. Lobola (Bridewealth) in Contemporary Southern Africa Implications for Gender Equality

Kindly find the readings that might help you with your assignment.

Topic 1 : New Reproductive technologies (NRT’s) are defined as those technologies that help people who are socially and bodily infertile, create a family. These include single women and men as well as homosexual couples who rely on gametes for the creation of a future child. Discuss what IVF and surrogacy involves for couples and its impact on modern society.

1. Embryos, ethics and women's rights: exploring the new reproductive technologies - 612.6 EMB (Available at the second floor mai library)

2. The Elusive Embryo: How Women and Men Approach New Reproductive Technologies:The Elusive Embryo: How Women and Men Approach New Reproductive Technologies.

3. Gay Men Who Become Fathers via Surrogacy: The Transition to Parenthood by Kim Bergman, Ritchie Rubio, Robert-Jay Green, Elena Padron

4. Surrogate parenting, The advantages and disadvantages by ML Lupto

5. Ethics aspects of third party reproductionby Jack Biko, Zozo Nene

Topic 2 : Discuss how labour market participation has influenced changing family formations, household structure, fertility rates and intimate relationship in the OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development) region.

1. Fertility, Mobility and Labour-ForceParticipation: A Study of Synchronicity

2. Religiosity, gender attitudes and women's labour market participation and fertility decisions in Europe

3. Family policies in developed countries: a ‘fertility-booster’ with side-effects

4. The Impact of Family Policies on Fertility Trends in Developed Countries

5. Gender gap and labour market participation A composite indicator for the ranking of European countries