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1 online resource (xv, 321 p.). |
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Anthropology of contemporary issues |
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Cornell paperbacks
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Anthropology of contemporary issues.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Note |
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed. |
| Contents |
Introduction: the problem and its context -- Part I.A fixture of colonial society -- The creation of a gender role: the male domestic servant -- Women for hire? Sex and gender in domestic service -- Troubled lives: servants and their employers in the preindependence era -- Part II. Encountering domestic service -- Part III. Colonial legacies and postcolonial changes -- Persistence and change -- A transformed occupation -- Lives beyond the workplace -- Servants everywhere: conclusions -- Appendix 1. Servants' wages -- Appendix 2. Servants' budgets. |
| Summary |
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 for readers who seek to understand the dynamics of domestic service in a variety of settings. In order to examine the servant- employer relationship within the context of larger political and economic processes, Karen Tranberg Hansen employs an unusual combination of methods, including analysis of historical documents, travelogues, memoirs, literature, and life histories, as well as anthropological fieldwork, survey research, and participant observation. |
| Language |
In English. |
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Household employees -- Zambia -- History -- 20th century.
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Sexual division of labor -- Zambia -- History -- 20th century.
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Master and servant -- Zambia -- History -- 20th century.
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Zambia -- Social conditions.
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Zambia -- Colonial influence.
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Employés de maison -- Zambie -- Histoire -- 20e siècle.
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Employeur et employé (Droit) -- Zambie -- Histoire -- 20e siècle.
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Division sexuelle du travail -- Zambie -- Histoire -- 20e siècle.
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Zambie -- Conditions sociales.
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Zambie -- Influence coloniale.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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Colonial influence
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Household employees
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Master and servant
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Sexual division of labor
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Social conditions
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Zambia https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtcKVcVhpCVBXd79gw6Kd
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Diener
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Dienstbote
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Sambia
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Employés.
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Werkgevers.
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Huishoudelijke arbeid.
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Employés de maison -- Zambie -- Histoire -- 20e siècle.
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Employeur et employé -- Zambie -- Histoire -- 20e siècle.
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Division sexuelle du travail -- Zambie -- Histoire -- 20e siècle.
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Employées de maison -- Zambie -- Histoire -- 20e siècle.
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Rôle selon le sexe -- Zambie.
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Zambie -- Conditions sociales.
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Zambie -- Influence coloniale.
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| Chronological Term |
1900-1999
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Geschichte 1900-1985.
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| In: |
Books at JSTOR: Open Access JSTOR |
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OAPEN (Open Access Publishing in European Networks) OAPEN |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Distant companions Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1989. 0801495466 (pbk. : alk. paper) (DLC) 88047771 |
| ISBN |
9781501719967 ebook |
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1501719963 |
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0801495466 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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0801422175 (hard : alk. paper) |
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9781501719950 (electronic bk.) |
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1501719955 (electronic bk.) |
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9780801495465 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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9780801422171 (hard ; alk. paper) |
| Standard No. |
10.7591/9781501719950 doi |
