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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Dickey, Sara (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2016]
Subjects:
Social classes > India > Madurai > Longitudinal studies.
Social stratification > India > Madurai > Longitudinal studies.
Classes sociales > Inde > Madurai > Études longitudinales.
Stratification sociale > Inde > Madurai > Études longitudinales.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Economic history.
Social classes.
Social conditions.
Social stratification.
Madurai (India) > Social conditions.
Madurai (India) > Economic conditions.
India > Madurai.
Longitudinal studies.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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