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
