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Distant Companions : Servants and Employers in Zambia, 1900-1985 /

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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 f...

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Main Author: Hansen, Karen Tranberg (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocalistabulary/relauthorographerrs/author,)
Corporate Author: Walter de Gruyter & Co
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2018]
Series:The Anthropology of Contemporary Issues
Subjects:
Household employees > Zambia > History > 20th century.
Master and servant > Zambia > History > 20th century.
Sexual division of labor > Zambia > History > 20th century.
Employés de maison > Zambie > Histoire > 20e siècle.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural & Social.
Household employees
Master and servant
Sexual division of labor
Zambia
1900-1999
HISTORY
AFRICAN HIST & DIASPORA
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 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