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Being raised by a domestic worker: A postmodern study
Dissertation (MA)--University of Pretoria, 2010.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/23107 Being raised by a domestic worker: A postmodern study Eskell-Blokland, Linda Crafford, Anne vandermerwe.jana@gmail.com Van der Merwe, Jana Visual narrative analysis Domestic worker Klein Psychoanalysis Social unconscious Radio Thematic narrative analysis Autoethnography Fairbairn Social ghosts Reflexivity Social constructionism Attachment theory South africa Narrative Postmodern UCTD Dissertation (MA)--University of Pretoria, 2010. This study focuses on exploring the relationship between domestic workers and the children they help to raise from the child’s perspective, using attachment theory (Bowlby, 1988) and psychoanalytic theory (referring specifically to Klein (1952) and Fairbairn (1952/2006) as some theoretical bases). Also, the concepts of the social unconscious (Weinberg, 2007) and social ghosts (Gergen, 2000) are used to provide a link to the relationship having social implications and functions in the South African context. All theories were used in an anti-essentialistic, reflexive and heuristic way, without reification or objectification of the various terms and concepts within the theories. Also, the paradigmatic point of departure for this research is postmodernism (Apignanesi, Sadar, Curry&Garrat, 2003), focusing on the contextual and socially constructed view of knowledge production. From this point of departure, the methodology is qualitative and the research design autoethnographic (Bochner, 1997; Ellis 1998; 2000; Muncey, 2005; Holman Jones, 2005). My own story is presented where I have used various data sources such as my own memories, a letter (Babbie&Mouton, 2008), and photographs which were analysed according to the principles of visual narrative analysis found in Riessman (2008) primarily. Further data was collected through the use of two radio talk shows, where participants were invited to share their stories with regard to being raised by a domestic worker. This data was analysed using thematic narrative analysis (Riessman, 2008), in which the narratives (kept as whole as possible) were analysed, each case in turn, using themes from the narratives themselves and deductive psychoanalytic themes. Some of the themes elicited were possession (where charges felt in possession of their domestic worker), absence (in relation to the child’s biological mother experienced both by domestic workers biological children and the domestic workers charges), loss (especially in relation to a caregiver), the male caregiver (a paternal figure to his charges), the politicisation of the relationship (the relationship between domestic worker and charge as product of a political system), reconciliation and action (a call for empathy and change), and an intertwining of cultures (where black and white, male and female, rich and poor exist inextricably linked with one another as a product of segregation). I have also maintained a consistent critical and reflexive stance throughout. In conclusion I have presented the contribution of this work to social science and society. Similarly, some limitations of this study are presented, as well as directions for further research. Copyright Psychology unrestricted 2013-09-06T14:31:21Z 2010-06-02 2013-09-06T14:31:21Z 2010-01-12 2010-06-02 2010-01-12 Dissertation Van der Merwe, J 2008, Being raised by a domestic worker: A postmodern study, MA dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23107 > F10/429/gm http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23107 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-01122010-194450/ © 2009, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. audio/x-wav audio/x-wav audio/x-wav audio/mpeg application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Visual narrative analysis Domestic worker Klein Psychoanalysis Social unconscious Radio Thematic narrative analysis Autoethnography Fairbairn Social ghosts Reflexivity Social constructionism Attachment theory South africa Narrative Postmodern UCTD Being raised by a domestic worker: A postmodern study |
| title | Being raised by a domestic worker: A postmodern study |
| title_full | Being raised by a domestic worker: A postmodern study |
| title_fullStr | Being raised by a domestic worker: A postmodern study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Being raised by a domestic worker: A postmodern study |
| title_short | Being raised by a domestic worker: A postmodern study |
| title_sort | being raised by a domestic worker a postmodern study |
| topic | Visual narrative analysis Domestic worker Klein Psychoanalysis Social unconscious Radio Thematic narrative analysis Autoethnography Fairbairn Social ghosts Reflexivity Social constructionism Attachment theory South africa Narrative Postmodern UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23107 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-01122010-194450/ |