The gendered construction of mourning and cleansing rites of widowhood amongst the Zulu speaking people of Ndwedwe community, KwaZulu-Natal.

The gendered construction of mourning and cleansing rites of widowhood was studied amongst the Zulu community of Ndwedwe, 70 kilometres north of Durban in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. These cultural rites were investigated through in-depth interviews with six widowers and twelve widow...

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Main Author: Daber, Benedicta N.
Other Authors: Magwaza, Thenjiwe S. C.
Language:en_ZA
Published: 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10413/4375