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Domestic days : women, work, and politics in contemporary Kolkata / Samita Sen, Nilanjana Sengupta.

By: Contributor(s): Publisher: New Delhi, India : Oxford University Press, 2016Description: xvi, 310 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780199461165 (hbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 331.48164 SEN
Contents:
Table of contents Preface and acknowledgements ; List of Tables ; List of Abbreviations ; Introduction ; Methodology ; 1. The Profile: Work, Family and the Settlements ; 2. Migration, Settlement, and Work ; 3. Labour Market: Constitutive Space of Work, Wages, and other Benefits ; 4. A Pragmatic Intimacy? Familiality, Dependency, and Social Subordination ; 5. Marriage and Motherhood: Negotiating Femininity ; 6. Well-being and Being Well: The Happiness Quotient ; 7. aNowhere to goa: Informality, Social Security, and Organisation ; Conclusion ; Bibliography ; Glossary ; Index ; About the Authors
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Table of contents

Preface and acknowledgements ; List of Tables ; List of Abbreviations ; Introduction ; Methodology ; 1. The Profile: Work, Family and the Settlements ; 2. Migration, Settlement, and Work ; 3. Labour Market: Constitutive Space of Work, Wages, and other Benefits ; 4. A Pragmatic Intimacy? Familiality, Dependency, and Social Subordination ; 5. Marriage and Motherhood: Negotiating Femininity ; 6. Well-being and Being Well: The Happiness Quotient ; 7. aNowhere to goa: Informality, Social Security, and Organisation ; Conclusion ; Bibliography ; Glossary ; Index ; About the Authors