Living Class In Urban India - 9780813583921

Sara Dickey considers how urban Indians' notions of class and caste are rapidly transforming in the wake of globalization. Introducing the reader to four residents in the city of Madurai from varied backgrounds, she documents their palpable day-to-day experiences of class. By analyzing the intertwined symbolic and economic importance of phenomena like wedding ceremonies, religious practices, and loan arrangements, Dickey's study reveals the material consequences of local class identities.

• | Author: Sara Dickey
• | Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• | Publication Date: Jul 14, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 282 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/Social Science
• | ISBN-10: 0813583926
• | ISBN-13: 9780813583921