Cultures of servitude : Modernity, domesticity, and class in India

By:

Ray Raka

Contributor(s):

Qayam Seemin

Publication details: New Delhi Oxford University Press 2010Description: 255p xvISBN:

9780804760713

Subject(s):

1. Master & Servant - India2. Household Employees - Social Classes3. Social Conditions

DDC classification:

331.000000 RAY

Contents:

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.

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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.

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