The Resource Cultures of Servitude : Modernity, Domesticity, and Class in India
Cultures of Servitude : Modernity, Domesticity, and Class in India
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Resource Information
The item Cultures of Servitude : Modernity, Domesticity, and Class in India represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- Employers and servants in Kolkata reveal through their own stories how their evolving culture of servitude has produced, preserved, and disrupted ideas of gender and class in India and beyond
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (431 pages)
- Contents
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- Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; 1
- Approaching Servitude in Kolkata; Culture of Servitude; Servants and Employers under Study; The Middle Classes of India; Working with Cultures of Servitude; Map of the Book; 2
- Colonial Legacies and Spatial Transformations; Kolkata in Space and Time; Kolkata's Employing Classes; The Essential Servant; From Male to Female Servants; From Live-in to Part-Time but No Less Essential; Conclusion; 3
- Between Family Retainer and Freelancer; Tasks and Castes; A World of "Unfreedom"; Time and Labor Regimes
- Isbn
- 9780804771092
- Label
- Cultures of Servitude : Modernity, Domesticity, and Class in India
- Title
- Cultures of Servitude
- Title remainder
- Modernity, Domesticity, and Class in India
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Employers and servants in Kolkata reveal through their own stories how their evolving culture of servitude has produced, preserved, and disrupted ideas of gender and class in India and beyond
- Cataloging source
- MHW
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Ray, Raka
- Dewey number
- 640/.460954
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- HD8039.D52R39 2009
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Qayum, Seemin
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Household employees
- Master and servant
- Social classes
- India
- FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS
- HOUSE & HOME
- Household employees
- Master and servant
- Social classes
- Social conditions
- India
- Label
- Cultures of Servitude : Modernity, Domesticity, and Class in India
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; 1 -- Approaching Servitude in Kolkata; Culture of Servitude; Servants and Employers under Study; The Middle Classes of India; Working with Cultures of Servitude; Map of the Book; 2 -- Colonial Legacies and Spatial Transformations; Kolkata in Space and Time; Kolkata's Employing Classes; The Essential Servant; From Male to Female Servants; From Live-in to Part-Time but No Less Essential; Conclusion; 3 -- Between Family Retainer and Freelancer; Tasks and Castes; A World of "Unfreedom"; Time and Labor Regimes
- Control code
- 793166855
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (431 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780804771092
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)793166855
- Label
- Cultures of Servitude : Modernity, Domesticity, and Class in India
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; 1 -- Approaching Servitude in Kolkata; Culture of Servitude; Servants and Employers under Study; The Middle Classes of India; Working with Cultures of Servitude; Map of the Book; 2 -- Colonial Legacies and Spatial Transformations; Kolkata in Space and Time; Kolkata's Employing Classes; The Essential Servant; From Male to Female Servants; From Live-in to Part-Time but No Less Essential; Conclusion; 3 -- Between Family Retainer and Freelancer; Tasks and Castes; A World of "Unfreedom"; Time and Labor Regimes
- Control code
- 793166855
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (431 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780804771092
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)793166855
Subject
- HOUSE & HOME -- Reference
- History
- Household employees
- Household employees -- India -- History
- India
- India -- Social conditions
- FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- General
- Master and servant -- India -- History
- Social classes
- Social classes -- India -- History
- Social conditions
- Master and servant
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