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Titolo |
Being middle-class in India : a way of life / / edited by Henrike Donner |
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Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2011 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-87365-5 |
1-136-51340-X |
9786613714961 |
1-136-51339-6 |
0-203-14853-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (231 p.) |
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Collana |
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Routledge contemporary South Asia series ; ; 53 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Middle class - India - History - 21st century |
Middle class families - India - Social conditions |
Social mobility - India |
India Social life and customs 21st century |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Hailed as the beneficiary, driving force and result of globalisation, |
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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 number of case studies, ranging from a historical account detailing the making of a savvy middle-class consumer in the late colonial period, to saving clubs among women in Delhi's upmarket colonies and the dilemmas of entrepreneurial families in Tamil Nadu's industrial towns.The book pays tribu |
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