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This chapter deals with the issues pertaining to ideologies of domesticity in Zimbabwe, state policies and industrialisation. It is based on research that has been conducted amongst women, both waged and unwaged. The chapter deals with research conducted after independence in 1980. It outlines briefly some of the legislative, social and economic policy changes instituted after independence. The chapter then focuses on ideologies of domesticity and how they are handled by women in different circumstances in the process of making a living for themselves and their dependants.
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Gaidzanwa, R.B. (1996). The Ideology of Domesticity and the Struggles of Women Workers in Zimbabwe. In: Chhachhi, A., Pittin, R. (eds) Confronting State, Capital and Patriarchy. Institute of Social Studies, The Hague. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-24450-8_12
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