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Being Middle-class in India : a Way of Life.

Hailed as the beneficiary, driving force and result of globalisation, India's middle-class is puzzling in its diversity, as a multitude of traditions, social formations and political constellations manifest contribute to this project. This book looks at Indian middle-class lifestyles through a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Donner, Henrike
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2012.
Colección:Routledge contemporary South Asia series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Being Middle-class in India: A way of life; Copyright; Contents; Figures and table; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Masculinity, advertising and the reproduction of the middle-class family in Western India, 1918-1940; 2 Gendered bodies, domestic work and perfect families: New regimes of gender and food in Bengali middle-class lifestyles; 3 'Keeping in the family': Work, education and gender hierarchies among Tiruppur's industrial capitalists; 4 Cultural contrations and intergenerational relations: The consturction of selfhood among middle-class youth in Baroda.
  • 5 Globalization, neoliberalism and middle-class cultural politics in Kolkata6 The social transformation of the medical profession in urban Kerala: Doctors, social mobility and the middle classes; 7 Kitty-parties and middle-class femininity in New Delhi; 8 Zara hatke ('somewhat different'): The new middle classes and the changing forms of Hindi cinema; Index.