Toegankelijk én diepgravend: hoogleraar Zuid-Afrikaanse letterkunde Ena Jansen toont de lezer een cultuur en geschiedenis aan de hand van de sleutelrol van de huishoudster in het gezin. Decennialang waren huishoudelijke hulpen de enige gekleurde mensen die witte stedelingen enigszins van dichtbij meemaakten en in hun huizen verwelkomden. Vijftien jaar na het einde van de apartheid ging Ena Jansen op zoek naar de sporen van huishoudsters in de Zuid-Afrikaanse literatuur en doet daarvan op i...

An analytic and historical perspective of literary texts to understand the position of domestic workers in South AfricaMore 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 ...

In recent years, Europe has had to constantly rethink and redefine its attitude toward new flows of immigrations. Issues of boundaries and identity have been integral to this reflection. Through a magnificent collection of essays, Migrant Cartographies examines both sites and conflicts and the way in which forms of belonging and identity have been reinvented. With careful analysis and exceptional insight, this volume explores the most recent literature on migration as seen from di...