The Middle Class in Colonial India

Erscheinungsjahr 2010
ISBN: 978-0-19-806382-7
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 382 Seiten, Format (B × H): 142 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 612 g

Part of the prestigious Themes in Indian History series, brings together seminal writings on the analysis of the middle class in colonial India. It presents not only all debates and discussions surrounding the subject but also the historiographical shifts that have occurred since the emergence of the middle class.

Beginning with extracts from classic writings like those of Lord Dufferin, Aurobindo, Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, and D.D. Kosambi it traces the emergence of the consciousness of middle class. The reader examines the role of gender, caste, and religion in the making of middle class. It also discusses matters of lifestyle and consumption with respect to areas like coffee culture, sport, cinema, and terrorism. A comprehensive introduction surveys the writings on the subject underlining the variations in region, language, culture, and occupation and reflects some contemporary concerns. It also has an annotated bibliography which provides a detailed list of readings on various aspects of middle class.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Joshi, Sanjay

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Soziale Gruppen & Klassen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Introduction, Sanjay Joshi;

- Section One: Framing The Middle Class,

- 1.:. A Microscopic Minority, The Marquis of Dufferin and Ava;

- 2.3.: A Cheap Shoddy Import, Aurobindo Ghosh;The Carriers Of Enlightenment, Freedom, Progress And Prosperity, The Bengalee;

- 4.: A Class In Need Of Help, Jawaharlal Nehru;

- Section Two: Debating The Middle Class,

- 5.: The Bourgeoisie Comes Of Age, D. D. Kosambi;

- 6.: The Middle Classes Of Colonial India: A Product Of British Benevolence, B. B. Misra;

- 7.: The Myth Of A 'Westernized Middle Class', Michelguglielmo Torri;

- 8.: A Pre-History Of The Middle Class?, Christopher Bayly;

- 9.: The Subalternity Of A Nationalist Elite, Partha Chatterjee;

- 10.: What About The Merchants? A Mercantile Perspective On The Middle Class Of Colonial India, Claude Markovits;

- 11.: Consumption, Domesticity And The Idea Of The `Middle Class' In Late Colonial Bombay, Prashant Kidambi;

- Section Three: Gender, Caste And Religion In The Making Of Middle Class Modernity

- 12.: Domesticity And Middle Class Nationalism In Nineteenth-Century Bengal, Tanika Sarkar;

- 13.: Limits Of The Bourgeois Model? Dipesh Chakrabarty;

- 14.: Re-Publicizing Religiosity: Modernity, Religion And The Middle Class, Sanjay Joshi;

- 15.: Middle Class And Secularization, Margrit Pernau;

- 16.: One Step Outside Modernity: Caste In The Middle Class Imaginary, M. S. S. Pandian;

- Section Four: Whither Middle Class Studies? The Middle Class And The Everyday World,

- 17.: `In Those Days There Was No Coffee': Consumption, Popular Culture And Middle Class Formation In Madras, A. R. Venkatachalapathy;

- 18.19.: A Case Of Indian Exceptionalism: Cricket And The Middle Class In Colonial Bengal, Boria Majumdar;Middle-Class Cinema, M. Madhava Prasad;

- Annotated Bibliography.

Über Autor(innen)

Sanjay Joshi is Associate Professor, Department of History, Northern Arizona University.