THE MARRIED 'NEW INDIAN WOMAN': HEGEMONIC ASPIRATIONS IN NEW MIDDLE-CLASS POLITICS?
The 'new Indian woman', among the few to have gained from the 'benevolent' capitalist economic forces, has been projected as the new face of global India in the development discourse of the Indian state, as well as the media discourse. The article refers to professional women managers working in mul...
| Publicado en: | South African Review of Sociology Vol. 41; no. 3; pp. 45 - 61 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
2010
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