From servants to workers : South African domestic workers and the democratic state / Shireen Ally.

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.

Democratization--South Africa.

Democratization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca : ILR Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the past decade, hundreds of thousands of women from poorer countries have braved treacherous journeys to richer countries to work as poorly paid domestic workers. Scholars and activists denounce compromised forms of citizenship that expose these.

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:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8014-5827-7

OCLC:

726824369