Cultures of servitude modernity, domesticity, and class in India /
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| Natura: | Elettronico eBook |
| Lingua: | English |
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Stanford, Calif. :
Stanford University Press,
c2009.
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| Accesso online: | Full text available on ProQuest |
Sommario:
- 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.