Living Class in Urban India /

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Sara Dickey considers how urban Indians' notions of class and caste are rapidly transforming in the wake of globalization. Introducing the reader to four residents in the city of Madurai from varied backgrounds, she documents their palpable day-to-day experiences of class. By analyzing the inte...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Dickey, Sara (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2016]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Social stratification.
Social conditions.
Social classes.
Economic history.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
Stratification sociale > Inde > Madurai > Études longitudinales.
Classes sociales > Inde > Madurai > Études longitudinales.
Social stratification > India > Madurai > Longitudinal studies.
Social classes > India > Madurai > Longitudinal studies.
India > Madurai.
Madurai (India) > Economic conditions.
Madurai (India) > Social conditions.
Longitudinal studies.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: the everyday life of class
  • What is class in Madurai?
  • Four residents, as I know them
  • Consumption and apprehension : class in the everyday
  • Debt : the material consequences of moral constructs
  • Performing the middle
  • Marriage: drama, display, and the reproduction of class
  • Food, hunger, and the binding of class relations
  • Conclusions: nuancing class boundaries.

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