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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789615503321

Autore

Ally Shireen A

Titolo

From servants to workers [[electronic resource] ] : South African domestic workers and the democratic state / / Shireen Ally

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ithaca, : ILR Press, 2009

ISBN

0-8014-5827-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (240 p.)

Disciplina

331.481640968

Soggetti

Women household employees - South Africa

Employee rights - South Africa

Labor policy - South Africa

Democratization - South Africa

Südafrika <Staat>

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.