LEADER 03685oam 2200709I 450 001 9910453143403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-87365-5 010 $a1-136-51340-X 010 $a9786613714961 010 $a1-136-51339-6 010 $a0-203-14853-3 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203148532 035 $a(CKB)2550000000104837 035 $a(EBL)981996 035 $a(OCoLC)804662471 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000687305 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12310242 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000687305 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10755769 035 $a(PQKB)10357162 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC981996 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL981996 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10578164 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL371496 035 $a(OCoLC)801405352 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000104837 100 $a20180706d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aBeing middle-class in India $ea way of life /$fedited by Henrike Donner 210 1$aAbingdon, Oxon :$cRoutledge,$d2011. 215 $a1 online resource (231 p.) 225 1 $aRoutledge contemporary South Asia series ;$v53 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-74871-2 311 $a0-415-67167-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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 327 $a5 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 330 $aHailed as the beneficiary, driving force and result of globalisation, India's middle-class is puzzling in its diversity, as a multitude of traditions, social formations and political constellations manifest contribute to this project. This book looks at Indian middle-class lifestyles through a number of case studies, ranging from a historical account detailing the making of a savvy middle-class consumer in the late colonial period, to saving clubs among women in Delhi's upmarket colonies and the dilemmas of entrepreneurial families in Tamil Nadu's industrial towns.The book pays tribu 410 0$aRoutledge contemporary South Asia series ;$v53. 606 $aMiddle class$zIndia$xHistory$y21st century 606 $aMiddle class families$zIndia$xSocial conditions 606 $aSocial mobility$zIndia 607 $aIndia$xSocial life and customs$y21st century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aMiddle class$xHistory 615 0$aMiddle class families$xSocial conditions. 615 0$aSocial mobility 676 $a305.5/509540905 701 $aDonner$b Henrike$0921769 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910453143403321 996 $aBeing middle-class in India$92131703 997 $aUNINA