At Home with Apartheid The Hidden Landscapes of Domestic Service in Johannesburg

Despite their peaceful, bucolic appearance, the tree-lined streets of South African suburbia were no refuge from the racial tensions and indignities of apartheid's most repressive years. InAt Home with Apartheid,Rebecca Ginsburg provides an intimate examination of the cultural landscapes of Joh...

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Main Author: Ginsburg, Rebecca
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Charlottesville University of Virginia Press 2011
Edition:1
Subjects:
20th century
Apartheid
ARCHITECTURE
Architecture and Architectural History
Art & Politics
Domestic space
History
Johannesburg
Johannesburg (South Africa)
Race relations
Social conditions
South Africa
Women household employees
ISBN:0813931649, 9780813931647, 0813928885, 9780813928883
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction ONE: Getting to Know the Corners TWO: The Tempo of kitchen Life THREE: Children and Leaving FOUR: Come in the Dark FIVE: House Rules SIX: From Homes with Apartheid Notes Bibliography Index
  • Title Page, Copyright Page Contents Acknowledgments Introduction One: Getting to Know the Corners Two: The Tempo of Kitchen Life Three: Children and Leaving Four: Come in the Dark Five: House Rules Six: From Homes with Apartheid Notes Bibliography Index