Domestic service constitutes one of the largest sources of employment for black women in South Africa. Yet it is a largely unstudied occupation. There has been no previous investigation of domestic workers in the Eastern Cape, and to date only two comprehensive studies of domestic workers in other areas of South Africa. This neglect is significant, for such inquiry involves questioning the accepted pattern of inequalities on which the entire social order is based.
Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:rhodes/vital:3287 |
Date | January 1981 |
Creators | Cock, Jacklyn |
Publisher | Rhodes University, Faculty of Humanities, Sociology |
Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
Language | English |
Detected Language | English |
Type | Thesis, Doctoral, PhD |
Format | 491 leaves, pdf |
Rights | Cock, Jacklyn |
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