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This landmark volume examines the middle classes- who they are and what they do – their influence in shaping contemporary cultural politics in India. It describes the historical emergence of these classes, their changing relationships with colonial power, the Indian state, and other social groups.The articles in the book examine the changing profile of the middle class, with older groups shifting out and new entrants taking up residence, thereby ...
Domestic servitude blurs the divide between family and work, affection and duty, and the home and the world. In Cultures of Servitude, Raka Ray and Seemin Qayum offer an ethnographic account of domestic life and servitude in contemporary Kolkata, with a concluding comparison with New York City. Focused on employers as well as servants, men as well as women, across multiple generations, they examine the practices and meaning of servitude around the home and in the ...
"The women's movement in India has a long and rich history in which millions of women live, work and struggle to survive in order to remake their family, home and social lives. Whether fighting for safe contraception, literacy, water and electricity of resisting sexual harassment, they are participating in vibrant and active women's movements that are thriving in many parts of India today. "Fields of Protest explores the political and cultural ...
The role of social movements in Indian politics has always been important, even before independence from colonial rule in 1947. During the Nehruvianera, poverty alleviation was a foundational standard against which policy proposals and political claims were measured. At that time, movement activism was directly accountable to this state discourse. Today, however, the nature of social movements have undergone a transformation. In this volume--the first to focus on ...