Distant Companions : Servants and Employers in Zambia, 1900–1985

Distant Companions Servants and Employers in Zambia, 1900–1985

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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Hansen, Karen Tranberg (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press 2018
1989.
Colección:Anthropology of contemporary issues.
Materias:
Master and servant > Zambia > History > 20th century.
Sexual division of labor > Zambia > History > 20th century.
Household employees > Zambia > History > 20th century.
Zambia > Colonial influence.
Zambia > Social conditions.
Electronic books.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009422298106719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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

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