African Women and Apartheid: Migration and Settlement in Urban South Africa

by Rebekah Lee and Paul Wilkinson

Book Overview

In this compelling study, Rebekah Lee explores the process and consequences of settlement through the everyday lives and testimonies of three generations of African women in Cape Town during the apartheid (1948-94) and post-apartheid periods. How did African women experience apartheid? How did they create a sense of belonging in a city that actively denied and resisted their presence? Through detailed analyses of women's management of domestic economies,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845118197
• ISBN13: 9781845118198
• Release Date: December 2009
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.7" x 8.6"