Dickey, Sara,

Living class in urban India / Sara Dickey. - xvi, 262 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: the everyday life of class -- What is class in Madurai? -- Four residents, as I know them -- Consumption and apprehension: class in the everyday -- Debt: the material consequences of moral constructs -- Performing the middle -- Marriage: drama, display, and the reproduction of class -- Food, hunger, and the binding of class relations -- Conclusions: nuancing class boundaries.

9780813583921 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9788178244907

2015041071


Social classes--India--Madurai--Longitudinal studies.
Social stratification--India--Madurai--Longitudinal studies.


Madurai (India)--Social conditions.
Madurai (India)--Economic conditions.

HN690.M325 / D53 2016

306.3095 DIC