Domestic Goddesses: Maternity, Globalization and Middle-class Identity in Contemporary IndiaHenrike Donner looks at how middle-class women in India understand changing family life. Based on extensive fieldwork in Calcutta, he explores the ideas, practices and experiences women have of marriage, childbirth, their children's education and of their own identity. |
Contents
Middleclass Domesticities and Maternities | 31 |
Of Love Marriage and Intimacy | 63 |
The Place of Birth | 91 |
Education and the Making of Middleclass Mothers | 123 |
Motherhood Food and the Body | 155 |
Conclusion | 179 |
Glossary | 183 |
Bibliography | 187 |
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