Like Family by Ena Jansen
Argues that domestic worker relations in South Africa were shaped by the institution of slavery at the Cape. This established social hierarchies and patterns of behaviour that persist to the present day. To support her argument, Ena Jansen examines the representation of domestic workers in a diverse range of texts in English and Afrikaans.
Drawing on an extraordinary range of sources, Like Family provides rich insights into the `contact zone’ of domestic service that paradoxically involves both intimacy and distanceIn doing so, Jansen deepens our understanding of how the institution both reflects and reproduces the savage inequalities on which our society continues to be based. — Jacklyn Cock, Professor Emeritus, Department of Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand and author of Maids and Madams: A Study in the Politics of Exploitation
Ena Jansen was professor of South African literature at the University of Amsterdam until 2016.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781776143511 |
| ISBN 10 | 1776143515 |
| Title | Like Family |
| Author | Ena Jansen |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Wits University Press |
| Year published | 2019-04-01 |
| Number of pages | 382 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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