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Ray, Raka.

Cultures of servitude : modernity, domesticity, and class in India / Raka Ray and Seemin Qayum. - Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, cop.2009. - 1 vol. (XIV-255 p.) : ill. ; 23 cm.

Bibliogr. p. 233-248. Index.

Approaching servitude in Kolkata -- Colonial legacies and spatial transformations : from the big house to the flat -- Between family retainer and freelancer -- Disquieting transitions : from 'part of the family' to the wage contract -- The failure of patriarchy -- The cultivation and cleavage of distinction -- Traveling cultures of servitude : loyalty and betrayal in New York and Kolkata

ISBN: 9780804760713 (rel) 0804760713 (rel) 9780804760720 (br) 0804760721 (br)

LCCN: 2008048

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA934269

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Employ�es de maison--Histoire.--Inde
Employeur et employ�e (droit).
Classe sociale--Histoire.--Inde
Household employees--History.--India
Master and servant--History.--India
Social classes--History.--India
Conditions sociales--Inde.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
India--Social conditions.

LC Class. No.: HD8039.D52 / R39 2009

Dewey Class. No.: 640/.460954