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From servants to workers : South African domestic workers and the democratic state / Shireen Ally.
Lippincott Library HD6072.2.S6 A45 2009
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ally, Shireen A.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women household employees--South Africa.
- Women household employees.
- Employee rights--South Africa.
- Employee rights.
- Labor policy--South Africa.
- Labor policy.
- South Africa.
- Democratization--South Africa.
- Democratization.
- Physical Description:
- x, 228 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Ithaca, N.Y. : ILR Press, 2009.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-219) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780801448324
- 0801448328
- 9780801475870
- 0801475872
- OCLC:
- 429606443
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