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An exploration of the experiences of Zimbabwean women informal cross-border traders at the Zimbabwean/South African BeitBridge border post
Includes bibliographical references.
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Social Anthropology
2015
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| author | Garatidye, Serita |
| author2 | Bennett, Jane |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/12839 An exploration of the experiences of Zimbabwean women informal cross-border traders at the Zimbabwean/South African BeitBridge border post Garatidye, Serita Bennett, Jane Gender Studies Includes bibliographical references. Much research on economically-enforced migration between Zimbabwe and South Africa locates women as partners of men, rather than as economic agents in their own terms. Research on cross-border trade, however, has theorized that gender dynamics may empower women traders as they learn to negotiate new business networks and as they develop economic independence; a different perspective on gender dynamics suggests that far from empowerment, women cross border-traders face particular abuse and harassment. This research worked with eleven Zimbabwean cross border traders to explore the theoretical tensions between notions of ‘empowerment’ and notions of ‘disadvantage’ arising from the traders’ experiences. The study concentrated in particular on the traders’ representation of their experiences at the Zimbabwe/South Africa Beitbridge border post crossing point. Analysing the material qualitatively, the dissertation argues that while gender dynamics can be seen to afford the traders both opportunities and great challenges, the traders’ representations of the interplay of official corruption and the impact of economic pressure on all border-players reveal the border-post itself as a complex site of micro-negotiations whereby survival becomes the ‘business’ itself. 2015-05-26T14:06:49Z 2015-05-26T14:06:49Z 2014 Master Thesis Masters M SocSc http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12839 eng application/pdf Social Anthropology Faculty of Humanities University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Gender Studies Garatidye, Serita An exploration of the experiences of Zimbabwean women informal cross-border traders at the Zimbabwean/South African BeitBridge border post |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | An exploration of the experiences of Zimbabwean women informal cross-border traders at the Zimbabwean/South African BeitBridge border post |
| title_full | An exploration of the experiences of Zimbabwean women informal cross-border traders at the Zimbabwean/South African BeitBridge border post |
| title_fullStr | An exploration of the experiences of Zimbabwean women informal cross-border traders at the Zimbabwean/South African BeitBridge border post |
| title_full_unstemmed | An exploration of the experiences of Zimbabwean women informal cross-border traders at the Zimbabwean/South African BeitBridge border post |
| title_short | An exploration of the experiences of Zimbabwean women informal cross-border traders at the Zimbabwean/South African BeitBridge border post |
| title_sort | exploration of the experiences of zimbabwean women informal cross border traders at the zimbabwean south african beitbridge border post |
| topic | Gender Studies |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12839 |
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