From servants to workers : South African domestic workers and the democratic state
Shireen Ally
| Year of publication: |
2010
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| Authors: | Ally, Shireen |
| Publisher: |
Scottsville, South Africa : University of KwaZulu-Natal Press |
| Subject: | Hauspersonal | Domestic workers | Schwarze Menschen | Black people | Frauen | Women | Soziale Lage | Social situation | Arbeitsbedingungen | Working conditions | Sozialer Wandel | Social change | Arbeitnehmerschutz | Employment protection | Demokratie | Democracy | Südafrika | South Africa |
| Description of contents: | Table of Contents [gbv.de] |
| Extent: | x, 228 p 23 cm |
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| Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-219) and index Introduction : maid with rights? -- Apartheid servitude. The Apartheid state and modern servitude ; Beyond the backyard : the shift to live-out and part-time work -- Turning "servants" into workers. Protecting "vulnerable" workers? : workers embrace and reject state power ; Intimate work : state power versus workers' power ; Paid to care : the dual-care regime -- Workers' struggles. Demobilizing domestic workers ; "Like the heart in the body" : manyanos and mother-workers -- Conclusion : formalization of paid domestic work versus socialization of reproduction. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-86914-188-2 ; 1-86914-188-1 |
| Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
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