Being middle-class in India a way of life / edited by Henrike Donner.

Author/creator Donner, Henrike
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLondon ; New York : Routledge,
Descriptionxiii, 214 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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SeriesRoutledge contemporary South Asia series ; 53
Contents Introduction / Henrike Donner -- Masculinity, advertising, and the reproduction of the middle-class family in Western India, 1918-1940 / Douglas E. Haynes -- Gendered bodies, domestic work, and perfect families : new regimes of gender and food in Bengali middle-class lifestyles / Henrike Donner -- "Keeping it in the family" : work, education, and gender hierarchies among Tiruppur's industrial capitalists / Geert De Neve -- Cultural contractions and intergenerational relations : the construction of selfhood among middle class youth in Baroda / Margit van Wessel -- Globalisation, neoliberalism, and middle-class cultural politics in Kolkata / Timothy J. Scrase and Ruchira Ganguly-Scrase -- The social transformation of the medical profession in urban Kerala : doctors, social mobility, and the middle classes / Caroline Wilson -- Kitty-parties and middle-class femininity in New Delhi / Anne Waldrop -- Zara hatke ("somewhat different") : the new middle classes and the changing forms of Hindi cinema / Rachel Dwyer.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
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LCCN 2011024480
ISBN9780415671675 (hardback)
ISBN9780203148532 (ebook)

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