Living Class in Urban India / / Sara Dickey.
Many Americans still envision India as rigidly caste-bound, locked in traditions that inhibit social mobility. In reality, class mobility has long been an ideal, and today globalization is radically transforming how India's citizens perceive class. Living Class in Urban India examines a nation...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter RUP eBook-Package 2016 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2016] ©2016 |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (282 p.) :; 8 photographs |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Notes On Transliteration And Pronunciation
- 1. Introduction: The Everyday Life Of Class
- 2. What Is Class In Madurai?
- 3. Four Residents, As I Know Them
- 4. Consumption And Apprehension: Class In The Everyday
- 5. Debt: The Material Consequences Of Moral Constructs
- 6. Performing The Middle
- 7. Marriage: Drama, Display, And The Reproduction Of Class
- 8. Food, Hunger, And The Binding Of Class Relations
- 9. Conclusions: Nuancing Class Boundaries
- Notes
- References
- Index
- About The Author