Gender, class and reflexive modernity in India / Jyothsna Latha Belliappa, Azim Premji University, India.

By:

Belliappa, Jyothsna Latha

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Genders and sexualities in the social sciencesPublication details: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.Description: x, 184 p. ; 22 cmISBN:

9780230300187 (hbk.)
0230300189 (hbk.)

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DDC classification:

305.4822 BEL 23

LOC classification:

HQ1742 .B445 2013

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Contents:

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.

Summary: 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.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
APF Member Publications	Gulbanoo Premji Library of Azim Premji University, Bengaluru	Ground Floor	305.4822 BEL (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not for loan		31402

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

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.

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