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Profiles in Diversity : Women in the New South Africa.
A revealing oral history collection, Profiles in Diversity contains in-depth interviews of twenty-six women in South Africa from different racial, class, and age backgrounds. Conducted in Johannesburg, Pretoria, Bloemfontein, Vryburg, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, Grahamstown, Durban, and a rural secti...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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East Lansing, Mich :
Michigan State University Press,
1998.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Preface; Introduction; Part I: Things Have Changed; Part II: The Afrikaners; "The Covenant is written out of the history books"; "I was brought up to think like an Afrikaner"; "We must try and compliment one another"; Part III: The So-Called Coloureds; "Just for one day I would like to say 'we have got you now"'; "The role of the civic associations is not to be discounted"; Part IV: The Jewish Women; "Do you belong to a union?"; "I never treat anyone with discourtesy"; "Dear Colleague, please come to a meeting"; Part V: The African Women; "At home we were very poor."
- "That is the section for blacks""I am going to be something one day"; "I never knew ... I would be bullied by an eight-year-old"; "The future of South Africa is more than political parties"; "I am a sort of inspiration to the kids"; "1976 was bad for me"; "So I lost three sons in the struggle"; "I don't want to get married again" and "He will take care of me forever"; "My family convinced me to go into nursing"; "Something to hold on to"; Part VI: The English-Speaking White Women; "I believe we need a whole new New Deal"; "Feminism is still a discredited word."
- "I went out and I was never allowed back""I am going to get trained"; "I am a third-generation South African"; Part VII: The Indian Women; "How are we going to fight this government?"; "I always said I was going to be a lawyer"; Afterword; Bibliography; Index.