Amazon cover image
Image from Amazon.com

Cultures of servitude : modernity, domesticity, and class in India / Raka Ray and Seemin Qayum.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, c2009.Description: xiv, 255 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780804760720 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9780804760713 (cloth : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 640.460954 22
Contents:
Approaching servitude in Kolkata -- Colonial legacies and spatial transformations : from the big house to the flat -- Between family retainer and freelancer -- Disquieting transitions : from 'part of the family' to the wage contract -- The failure of patriarchy -- The cultivation and cleavage of distinction -- Traveling cultures of servitude : loyalty and betrayal in New York and Kolkata.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Book Book Udaipur 640.460954 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available IIMU-004679
Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-248) and index.

Approaching servitude in Kolkata -- Colonial legacies and spatial transformations : from the big house to the flat -- Between family retainer and freelancer -- Disquieting transitions : from 'part of the family' to the wage contract -- The failure of patriarchy -- The cultivation and cleavage of distinction -- Traveling cultures of servitude : loyalty and betrayal in New York and Kolkata.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.

Powered by Koha