Rural-urban linkages: Masvingo's doublerooted female heads of households
This article results from research on female heads of households in a small Zimbabwean city. Urban-rural linkages constituted an important, on-going survival strategy for women in the research sample. Despite my respondents' desire to stay and to source a living in town, most maintained rural l...
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| description | This article results from research on female heads of households in a small Zimbabwean city. Urban-rural linkages constituted an important, on-going survival strategy for women in the research sample. Despite my respondents' desire to stay and to source a living in town, most maintained rural linkages in order to cope with various problems in town. Without a foot in the rural area, most women would not have been able to pursue their desired objective of being permanently urban. Although the women were urban-oriented, they
used kin networks in ways that maximised their chances of surviving in town, against the structural constraints imposed by central and local-level bureaucracies. The article explores ways in which the women pursued the strategy. |
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| spelling | ir-11408-9352022-10-15T19:21:22Z Rural-urban linkages: Masvingo's doublerooted female heads of households Muzvidziwa, Victor N. #PLACEHOLDER_PARENT_METADATA_VALUE# Female heads, households Zimbabwean city This article results from research on female heads of households in a small Zimbabwean city. Urban-rural linkages constituted an important, on-going survival strategy for women in the research sample. Despite my respondents' desire to stay and to source a living in town, most maintained rural linkages in order to cope with various problems in town. Without a foot in the rural area, most women would not have been able to pursue their desired objective of being permanently urban. Although the women were urban-oriented, they used kin networks in ways that maximised their chances of surviving in town, against the structural constraints imposed by central and local-level bureaucracies. The article explores ways in which the women pursued the strategy. 2016-04-20T14:45:18Z 2016-04-20T14:45:18Z 1997 text 0379-0622 http://pdfproc.lib.msu.edu/?file=/DMC/African%20Journals/pdfs/Journal%20of%20the%20University%20of%20Zimbabwe/vol24n2/juz024002002.pdf en Zambezia;Vol. 24, No. 2; p.97-123 none University of Zimbabwe Publications |
| spellingShingle | Female heads, households Zimbabwean city Muzvidziwa, Victor N. Rural-urban linkages: Masvingo's doublerooted female heads of households |
| title | Rural-urban linkages: Masvingo's doublerooted female heads of households |
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| title_short | Rural-urban linkages: Masvingo's doublerooted female heads of households |
| title_sort | rural-urban linkages: masvingo's doublerooted female heads of households |
| topic | Female heads, households Zimbabwean city |
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