{"product_id":"like-family-ena-jansen-9781776143511","title":"Like Family: Domestic Workers in South African History and Literature","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn analytic and historical perspective of literary texts to understand the position of domestic workers in South Africa\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMore than a million black South African women are domestic workers. Precariously situated between urban and rural areas, rich and poor, white and black, these women are at once intimately connected and at a distant remove from the families they serve. Ena Jansen shows that domestic worker relations in South Africa were shaped by the institution of slavery, establishing social hierarchies and patterns of behavior that persist today. \u003ci\u003eT\u003c\/i\u003eo support her argument, Jansen examines the representation of domestic workers in a diverse range of texts in English and Afrikaans. Authors include André Brink, JM Coetzee, Imraan Coovadia, Nadine Gordimer, Elsa Joubert, Antjie Krog, Sindiwe Magona, Kopano Matlwa, Es'kia Mphahlele, Sisonke Msimang, Zukiswa Wanner and Zoë Wicomb.\u003ci\u003e Like Family \u003c\/i\u003eis an updated version of the award-winning \u003ci\u003eSoos familie\u003c\/i\u003e (2015) and the highly-acclaimed 2016 Dutch translation, \u003ci\u003eBijna familie.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ena Jansen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1776143515\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781776143511\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wits University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 382\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.29lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.85d","brand":"Ena Jansen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43937958985983,"sku":"9781776143511","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_96dbd34d-7a2f-41b4-b795-81b5caa76a3f.jpg?v=1681432909","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/like-family-ena-jansen-9781776143511","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}