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Dewey Decimal Number: 331.76164046096894 EAN: 9780801495465 ISBN: 0801495466 Label: Cornell University Press Manufacturer: Cornell University Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 321 Publication Date: 1989-03 Publisher: Cornell University Press Studio: Cornell University Press Alternate Versions: Click to Display Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Average Rating:
 Rating: - Reproducing Inequalities at HomeThis book explores social relations in colonial Africa through the lens of domestic services. It reveals how identities are contextually constructed in social practices where both employers and domestic servants develop social scripts to construct social distance during their daily interactions. The author shows how interactive scripts grow into routines and shape the practical consciousness of both parties, then reproducing hierarchical differences betwen them. This book is well-written and worthy ... Read More 
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