The Questionable Middle Class: Upward Mobility, Sociocultural Capital, and Entrenched Hierarchies in "New" India.
This article examines what the idea of a new or changing India signifies in the way it is experienced from a middle-class perspective. While the often-used adjectives of lower , new , and upper in terms of middle-class belonging seem to indicate economic difference, the article argues that it is mor...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Asian Studies Vol. 83; no. 4; pp. 962 - 980 |
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Duke University Press
Nov2024
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