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Belliappa, Jyothsna Latha.

Gender, class and reflexive modernity in India / Jyothsna Latha Belliappa, Azim Premji University, India. - New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013. - x, 184 p. ; 22 cm. - Genders and sexualities in the social sciences . - Genders and sexualities in the social sciences. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-177) and index.

Setting out to study class and gender in contemporary India -- Interrogating reflexive modernity -- The 'new' Indian middle class woman -- Individualism and responsibility : Women's relationships within their families -- Women's relationships with paid work in the transnational economy -- Managing paid employment and family life -- Relational reflexivity, individual choice and respectable modernity.

Using in-depth interviews, this book explores women employed in the Indian IT industry and highlights the gender specific and culturally specific consequences of reflexive modernity in neo-liberal India.

ISBN: 9780230300187 (hbk.) 0230300189 (hbk.)

Standard No.: 10.1057/9781137319227 doi

LCCN: 2013029004

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 016443322 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Middle class women--India.
Civilization, Modern.
Civilization, Modern.
Middle class women.
Frau.
Mittelstand.
Selbstbild.
Softwareindustrie.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
India.
Indien.

LC Class. No.: HQ1742 / .B445 2013

Dewey Class. No.: 305.4822 BEL