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020			_a9780199477425
082			_a305.550954 _bGIL-W
100			_aGilbertson, Amanda
245		0	_aWithin the limits _bMoral Boundaries Of Class And Gender In Urban India
260			_aNew Delhi _bOxford University Press _c2018
300			_aix, 236p
504			_aBibliography, Index, About the Author
520			_aThe post-liberalization era of the Indian economy has given birth to a burgeoning middle class who has gained increasing prominence in the political and cultural imagination of the nation. Many erstwhile scholars have attempted to concretely define the size and scope of the middle class in India only to accede to the extraordinary variety of people living in multiple socio-economic circumstances, identifying with this class. This book thus explores what being middle class means to those who claim to belong to this class. Drawing on ethnographic material from the South Indian city of Hyderabad, the author highlights the centrality of moral discourses in the production of class and gender in urban India. She explores school education patterns, shifting marriage ideals, and youth cultures such as dating and fashion to understand the new middle class world view. This world view, the work asserts, is built around developing cosmopolitan sensibilities within traditional caste-class and gender boundaries. The work also looks at the power of such a world view to naturalize and legitimize gender and class-caste hierarchies.
546			_aEnglish
650			_aSocial Ethics _zHyderabad
650			_aMiddle Class _zIndia
650			_aSocial Conditions
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