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

By: Shireen A AllyContributor(s): Shireen A AllyMaterial type: Text

TextPublisher number: International Book Distributors | ;Flat No.17,Prakash Apartments,5 Ansari Road,Daryaganj New Delhi-110002Publication details: Scottsville, South Africa : University of KwaZulu-Natal Press , 2010Description: x, 228 pages ; 23 cmISBN: 9780801475870Subject(s): Social SciencesGenre/Form: DemocratizationDDC classification: 331.48164 ALL

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.

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.

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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.

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.

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