Women of Phokeng | Belinda Bozzoli with Mmantho Nkotsoe

Subtitle: Consciousness, Life Strategy, and Migrancy in South Africa 1900-1983
Author: Belinda Bozzoli with Mmantho Nkotsoe
Publisher: Witwatersrand University Press (1991)
Edition: First Edition
ISBN-10: 0869754173
ISBN-13: 9780869754177
Condition: Good. Cover edges and corners scuffed, minor rubbing to the front cover, moderate to severe rubbing to the back cover. Otherwise a well bound copy with clean interior.
Binding: Softcover 
Pages: 292
Dimensions: 22 x 15 x 1.5 cm
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by Belinda Bozzoli
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Women of Phokeng is a study of a group of 22 black South African women, all born before 1915 in Phokeng, a small town in the Western Transvaal. Belinda Bozzoli follows and records their lives: as domestic workers in the city, their building of strong family life in townships, where they brew beer illicitly to support their families, and finally we see them return to Phokeng, to survive on meagre pensions.

Bozzoli's intention in conducting the study was to examine the broad processes and events that shaped the experiences of these woman as black South Africans; to explore the specific ways in which their gender effected their lives and, most importantly, to study the forms of consciousness they express in their own interpretations of their histories.

A fascinating and insightful academic study.