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

By: Ray, Raka.
Contributor(s): Qayum, Seemin | ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, c2009Description: xiv, 255 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.Subject(s): Social classes -- India -- History | Electronic books | India -- Social conditionsDDC classification: 640/.460954 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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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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.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.