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Cultures of servitude : modernity, domesticity, and class in India / Raka Ray, Seemin Qayum

Author
Ray, Raka
Published
Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, [2009]
Copyright Date
©2009
Physical Description
xiv, 255 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Additional Creators
Qayum, Seemin

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Contents
Approaching servitude in Kolkata -- Colonial legacies and spatial transformations -- Between family retainer and freelancer -- Disquieting transitions -- The failure of patriarchy -- The cultivation and cleavage of distinction -- Traveling cultures of servitude -- Conclusion.
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ISBN
9780804760713 (cloth : alk. paper)
0804760713 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780804760720 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0804760721 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-248) and index.
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