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.

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