03672oam 2200709I 450 991097188110332120251117095720.01-280-87365-51-136-51340-X97866137149611-136-51339-60-203-14853-310.4324/9780203148532 (CKB)2550000000104837(EBL)981996(OCoLC)804662471(SSID)ssj0000687305(PQKBManifestationID)12310242(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000687305(PQKBWorkID)10755769(PQKB)10357162(MiAaPQ)EBC981996(Au-PeEL)EBL981996(CaPaEBR)ebr10578164(CaONFJC)MIL371496(OCoLC)801405352(EXLCZ)99255000000010483720180706d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBeing middle-class in India a way of life /edited by Henrike Donner1st ed.Abingdon, Oxon :Routledge,2011.1 online resource (231 p.)Routledge contemporary South Asia series ;53Description based upon print version of record.0-415-74871-2 0-415-67167-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 Baroda5 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; IndexHailed 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 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 tribuRoutledge contemporary South Asia series ;53.Middle classIndiaHistory21st centuryMiddle class familiesIndiaSocial conditionsSocial mobilityIndiaIndiaSocial life and customs21st centuryMiddle classHistoryMiddle class familiesSocial conditions.Social mobility305.5/509540905Donner Henrike1874035MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910971881103321Being middle-class in India4484374UNINA