'Family comes in all forms, blood or not': disrupting dominant narratives around the patriarchal nuclear family
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Date
2016
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Taylor & Francis
Abstract
After nearly 25 years of democracy, lives of young South Africans are
still profoundly shaped by the legacies of apartheid. This paper
considers how these differences are produced, maintained and
disrupted through an exploration of changing narratives
developed by a small group of South African pre-service teachers,
with a particular focus on the narratives developed around
discourses of fatherhood generally and absent fathers in
particular. We draw on interviews conducted with three students
in which we discussed their digital stories and literature reviews.
In this paper, we draw attention to the limitations of digital
storytelling and the risks such autobiographical storytelling
presents of perpetuating dominant narratives that maintain and
reproduce historical inequalities. At the same time, in highlighting
ways in which this risk might be confronted, the paper also aims
to show the possibilities in which these dominant narratives may
be challenged.
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Keywords
Nuclear family, Patriarchy, Disrupting, Family values, Changing narratives
Citation
Gachago, D., Clowes, L. & Condy, J. (2016): 'Family comes in all
forms, blood or not': disrupting dominant narratives around the patriarchal nuclear family. Gender
and Education.