Becoming agarwal: the manufacture of a close-knit mercantile caste
Auteur :
Ponniah, Ujithra
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9781009840323
Date de publication :
31 août 2026
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Shows how a close-knit elite mercantile caste is reproduced as a privileged urban player in 'new' Hindu India. The process of reproduction is gendered and generationa and can be disrupted by the desires of a younger generation of women, yet it is robust enough to absorb discontent.