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Author King, Alison Jill.

Title Domestic service in post-apartheid South Africa : deference and disdain / Alison Jill King
Published Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Pub. Co., ©2007

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 214 pages) : illustrations
Contents Theoretical considerations and hidden meanings -- Comparative and global considerations -- Political economy -- White employers and servants I -- White employers and servants II -- Non-white employers and servants -- Conclusion
Summary Set within the context of post-apartheid South Africa, the author examines the lives of women in domestic service to discover whether the dismantling of apartheid has ameliorated the poor pay and conditions of this marginalized workforce
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 204-209) and index
Notes English
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Subject Women household employees -- South Africa
Oppression (Psychology)
Racism -- South Africa
Sexism -- South Africa
Classism -- South Africa
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations.
Classism
Oppression (Psychology)
Racism
Sexism
Women household employees
Huishoudelijk personeel.
Rassenverhoudingen.
Sociale ongelijkheid.
Vrouwen.
South Africa
Zuid-Afrika.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780754688488
0754688488
1281208787
9781281208781
9786611208783
661120878X