Cultures of Servitude : Modernity, Domesticity, and Class in India
Raka. Ray
Bok Engelsk 2009 · Electronic books.
| Utgitt | Palo Alto : : Stanford University Press, , 2009.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (431 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; 1 - Approaching Servitude in Kolkata; Culture of Servitude; Servants and Employers under Study; The Middle Classes of India; Working with Cultures of Servitude; Map of the Book; 2 - Colonial Legacies and Spatial Transformations; Kolkata in Space and Time; Kolkata's Employing Classes; The Essential Servant; From Male to Female Servants; From Live-in to Part-Time but No Less Essential; Conclusion; 3 - Between Family Retainer and Freelancer; Tasks and Castes; A World of "Unfreedom"; Time and Labor Regimes. - Class Bodies and Servant Spaces: "They Dress, Use Cosmetics, Want to Be Like Us"Learning Distinction; Beyond Distinction; 7 - Traveling Cultures of Servitude; Situating Domestic Servitude in the United States; Kolkata and New York; Ruchira's Story; Global Cultures of Servitude; 8 - Conclusion; Of Morality, Feminism, and Domesticity; Trajectories of Servitude; Organization and Absence; Cultures of Servitude at Large; Notes; Glossary; Bibliography; Index. - The Transition to Part-Time WorkConclusion; 4 - Disquieting Transitions; Supriya's Story; Like One of the Family; A New Feudal Contract; The End of Loyalty; The End of Life; The End of Maternalism; Grappling with Changes; Conclusion; 5 - The Failure of Patriarchy; Bhadralok Patriarchy; Responsible Women and Incapable Men; What Do Women Want?; The Lament of Failed Patriarchs; Reconfiguring the Patriarchy of Servants; Servants' Critique of Employer Patriarchy and Privilege; Conclusion; 6 - The Cultivation and Cleavage of Distinction; Distinction as Distance; Caste Withers but Lingers. - Employers and servants in Kolkata reveal through their own stories how their evolving culture of servitude has produced, preserved, and disrupted ideas of gender and class in India and beyond.
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| Emner | Household employees - History - India
Master and servant - History - India Social classes - History - India Domestics - India - History. Vis mer... Household employees -- India -- History.
India -- Social conditions. Master and servant -- India -- History. Social classes -- India -- History. Business & Economics Hushjelper India Klassesamfunn Labor & Workers' Economics Tjenestefolk klasser kaster tjenestefolk tjenere underdanighet historie sosiologi patriarkat |
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| ISBN | 9780804760713. - 9780804760720
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