Migrant labour and changing family structure in the rural periphery of Southern Africa

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Title:	Migrant labour and changing family structure in the rural periphery of Southern Africa
Author:	Murray, Colin
Year:	1979
Periodical:	Journal of Southern African Studies
Volume:	6
Issue:	2
Pages:	139-156
Language:	English
Geographic term:	Southern Africa
Subjects:	labour migration family
External link:	https://www.jstor.org/stable/2636437
Abstract:	Purpose in this paper is firstly to identify some sources of confusion in the analysis of contemporary family structures; secondly to clarify the empirical evidence relating to the structure of small communities and to the validity or otherwise of particular descriptive stereotypes of the 'family'; and thirdly to suggest the possibility of transcending the dualism characteristic of some previous approaches to the study of family life in the labour reserves. Sections: Changing perspectives on migrant labour - What does a rural community look like? - The extended family and the nuclear family - The agnatic family, the kindred and the house-property complex - Conclusion: a brief illustration of method. Notes.