African women and apartheid migration and settlement in urban South Africa Lee, Rebekah 1974- creator text bibliography Electronic books. enk London New York New York Tauris Academic Studies, an imprint of I.B. Tauris Distributed in the USA by Palgrave Macmillan 2009 monographic eng remote 1 online resource (xiv, 282 pages) : illustrations, maps In this compelling study, Rebekah Lee explores the process and consequences of settlement through the everyday lives and testimonies of three generations of African women in Cape Town during the apartheid (1948-94) and post-apartheid periods. How did African women experience apartheid? How did they create a sense of belonging in a city that actively denied and resisted their presence? Through detailed analyses of women's management of domestic economies, their participation in township social organizations, their home renovation priorities and patterns of energy use, this study evokes a larger. Mapping Cape Town's historical and political geography, 1948-2000 -- Structure and strategy in African households -- Home improvement, self improvement: renovations and the reconstruction of 'home' -- Hearth and home: energy resourcing and consumption in an urban environment -- 'Beloved' unions? Associational life in town -- 'Moving' memories: urbanizing identities. Rebekah Lee. Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-271) and index. f-sa--- Apartheid South Africa Women South Africa Social conditions 20th century Apartheid Afrique du Sud Femmes Afrique du Sud Conditions sociales 20e siècle Migration, immigration & emigration SOCIAL SCIENCE Women's Studies Apartheid Women Social conditions South Africa Stadt Haushalt Apartheid Kapstadt Frau Südafrika <Staat> 1900-1999 fast HQ1800.5 .L44 2009eb 305.48/8968 African women and apartheid Lee, Rebekah, 1974- London ; New York : Tauris Academic Studies : imprint of I.B. Tauris ; New York : Distributed in the USA by Palgrave Macmillan, 2009 (OCoLC)320495347 International library of African studies ; v. 25 9781441657343 1441657347 9780857710093 0857710095 6000018606 9786000018603 9781845118198 1845118197 9780857710093 Ingram Content Group http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login?url=https://doi.org/10.5040/9780755618927?locatt=label:secondary_bloomsburyCollections N$T 100819 20250218182627.5 in00005617421 eng