African Women Globalization

INTRODUCTION

RESEARCH QUESTION

How has globalization influenced the cultural identity of black South African women age 18- 25 years in the 21st century?

AIM

• To determine whether globalization dilutes the cultural authenticity of black South African women. It will further investigate whether the importance of cultural identity is being replaced by the need of conforming to modern western culture.

• To determine whether analyze the culture, appearance and social standing to see whether or not the women comply to cultural traditions

• To determine what factors contribute to African women are neglecting their culture

• To determine whether the decline in cultural values has an impact on ones identity and personal development.

• To determine

The appearance of a woman is very important has it determines whether or not she is to wed or whether she will be single for the rest of her life.in some traditions women are forced to fatten up before their wedding has their curves and hips become more desirable when fat. Women would be fed to obesity but to the culture of in Mauritania the act of fattening up the bride for the wedding was a reflection on the families wealth. In Mauritania, a woman 's size indicates the amount of space she occupies in her husband 's heart, Women were considered property, like cattle and land therefore they had to be nurtured and looked after. Although many of these traditions were practiced in previous years, women are still force fed as it adds value and increases their lobola. According to most African beauty is weight. Many women would spend months in the “fattening hut” as a way of passage and a coming of age ceremony. Girls from the age 7 would go into the hut to get fattened and as it considered to be a transition fo beautiful and maturity. If a young girl was thin she would be considered sickly or unable to bear children. The parents of the young women would invest in food to make sure that their child has a chance of marriage and social

G Sonesson; 2000) The contemporary idea of the Other rooted in area studies inscribes itself in theories of race, class, and gender and rein scribes itself in post-colonial theories of national identities, both placed and displaced. What is familiarly known as the discovery of America is surely one of the importance examples in history of the meeting of Culture and its other, whether the latter is conceived as Non-Culture or as Extra-Culture. In fact, the very term ‘discovery’ (as well as ‘conquest’) points to the ego centurial roots of cultural modeling which we have already observed. The fact that the model may in some respects be reversed is of course particularly poignant. There even is a place for those who would project their Ego to the other culture.( G Sonesson;