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At home with apartheid : the hidden landscapes of domestic service in Johannesburg / Rebecca Ginsburg.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ginsburg, Rebecca, 1963-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Apartheid--South Africa--Johannesburg.
- Apartheid.
- Women household employees--South Africa--Johannesburg.
- Women household employees.
- Domestic space--South Africa--Johannesburg.
- Domestic space.
- Johannesburg (South Africa)--Social conditions--20th century.
- Johannesburg (South Africa).
- 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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