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At home with apartheid : the hidden landscapes of domestic service in Johannesburg / Rebecca Ginsburg.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Ginsburg, Rebecca, 1963-
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Apartheid--South Africa--Johannesburg.
Women household employees--South Africa--Johannesburg.
Domestic space--South Africa--Johannesburg.
Johannesburg (South Africa)--Social conditions--20th century.
Johannesburg (South Africa)--Race relations--20th century.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (243 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Other Title:
Hidden landscapes of domestic service in Johannesburg
Place of Publication:
Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2011.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
While the issues addressed span the disciplines of South African and architectural history, feminist studies, material culture studies, and psychology, the book's strong narrative, powerful oral histories, and compelling subject matter bring the neighborhoods and residents it examines vividly to life.
Contents:
Introduction
Getting to know the corners
The tempo of kitchen life
Children and leaving
Come in the dark
House rules
From homes with apartheid.
Notes:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9786613585813
9781280490583
1280490586
9780813931647
0813931649
OCLC:
785940944

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