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Author:

Ally, Shireen A.

Title:

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

Publisher:

ILR,

Copyright Date:

2009

Description:

x, 228 p. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Women household employees--South Africa.
Employee rights--South Africa.
Labor policy--South Africa.
Democratization--South Africa.
Soziale Situation.
Hausgehilfin.
Dienstmädchen.
Südafrika <Staat>

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-219) and index.

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.

ISBN:

0801475872 (pbk.)
9780801475870 (pbk.)
0801448328 (hbk.)
9780801448324 (hbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)429606443

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

N5UX522 -- University of Iowa Law Library (Iowa City)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)