Domestic goddesses: maternity, globalization and middle-class identity in contemporary india
Auteur :
Donner, Henrike
Éditeur :
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN :
9780754649427
Date de publication :
18 sept. 2008
Dimensions :
23,4 x 15,6 cm
Poids :
544 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Based on fieldwork in Calcutta, this book provides the ethnography of how middle-class women in India understand and experience economic change through transformations of family life. It explores their ideas, practices and experiences of marriage, childbirth, reproductive change and their children's education.