Authors : Doris Muhwezi Kakuru and Doreen Katto
Abstract: This article focuses on how women�s tasks in the household are shaped by the desire to manage the impressions and images they portray to �others�. It is based on Goffman�s perceptions of social life as a theatre in which people present their actions depending on a given definition of the situation. We look at how women�s child bearing and rearing related tasks are shaped and influenced by the necessity to manage the impressions they make to �others� in their communities. Research was conducted in Western Uganda in 2000 using ethnographic techniques.
Doris Muhwezi Kakuru and Doreen Katto , 2006. Rural Women�s Reproductive Tasks: The Role of Impression Management in A Ugandan Community. The Social Sciences, 1: 139-143.