Being Middle-class in India

A Way of Life
Herausgeber: Donner, Henrike

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Produktbeschreibung

Hailed 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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 218
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. November 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 503g
• ISBN-13: 9780415671675
• ISBN-10: 0415671671
• Artikelnr.: 57042728

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction Henrike Donner 2. Masculinity, advertising and the
reproduction of the middle-class family in Western India, 1918-1940
Douglas E. Haynes 3. Gendered bodies, domestic work and perfect families:
new regimes of gender and food in Bengali middle-class lifestyles Henrike
Donner 4. 'Keeping it in the family': Work, education and gender
hierarchies among Tiruppur's industrial capitalists Geert De Neve 5.
Cultural contractions and intergenerational relations: the construction of
selfhood among middle class youth in Baroda Margit van Wessel 6.
Globalisation, neoliberalism, and middle-class cultural politics in Kolkata
Timothy J. Scrase and Ruchira Ganguly-Scrase 7. The social transformation
of the medical profession in urban Kerala: doctors, social mobility and the
middle classes Caroline Wilson 8. Kitty-parties and middle-class femininity
in New Delhi Anne Waldrop 9. Zara hatke ('Somewhat different'): the new
middle classes and the changing forms of Hindi cinema Rachel Dwyer