Distant Companions : Servants and Employers in Zambia, 1900–1985 / / Karen Tranberg Hansen

• Autore: Hansen Karen Tranberg
• Pubblicazione: Ithaca : , : Cornell University Press, , 1989; ©1989
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (340 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 331.7/6164046/096894
• Soggetto topico: Master and servant - Zambia - History - 20th century; Sexual division of labor - Zambia - History - 20th century; Household employees - Zambia - History - 20th century
• Soggetto geografico: Zambia Colonial influence; Zambia Social conditions
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations, Maps, and Tables -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction. The Problem and Its Context -- Part I. Fixture of Colonial Society -- 1. The Creation of a Gender Role: The Male Domestic Servant -- 2. Women For Hire? Sex And Gender In Domestic Service -- 3. Troubled Lives: Servants and Their Employers in the Preindependence Era -- Part II. Encountering Domestic Service -- 4. Research On And Life With Servants -- PART III. Colonial Legacies and Postcolonial Changes -- 5. Persistence and Change -- 6. A Transformed Occupation -- 7. Lives Beyond the Workplace -- 8. Servants Everywhere: Conclusions -- Appendix 1. Servants' Wages -- Appendix 2. Servants' Budgets -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Distant Companions tells the fascinating story of the lives and times of domestic servants and their employers in Zambia from the beginning of white settlement during the colonial period until after independence. Emphasizing the interactive nature of relationships of domination, the book is useful for readers who seek to understand the dynamics of domestic service in a variety of settings. In order to examine the servant- employer relationship within the context of larger political and economic processes, Karen Tranberg Hansen employs an unusual combination of methods, including analysis of historical documents, travelogues, memoirs, literature, and life histories, as well as anthropological fieldwork, survey research, and participant observation.
• Titolo autorizzato: Distant Companions
• ISBN: 1-5017-2791-5; 0-8014-9546-6; 1-5017-1995-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910272356103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Anthropology of contemporary issues.