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Domestic service in post-apartheid South Africa, deference and disdain/, Alison Jill King

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Domestic service in post-apartheid South Africa

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Alison Jill King

deference and disdain/

Set within the context of post-apartheid South Africa, the author of this text examines the lives of women in domestic service to discover whether the dismantling of apartheid has ameliorated the poor pay and conditions of this marginalized workforce., Universally domestic workers have been a marginalized sector of the workforce, increasingly feminized and whose working lives often reflect abuse, degradation and exploitation. Set within the context of post-apartheid South Africa, the author examines the lives of women in domestic service to discover whether the dismantling of apartheid has ameliorated the poor pay and conditions of this marginalized workforce