Loading...

Talking about Consumption: How an Indian Middle Class Dissociates from Middle-Class Life

Members of the middle class in the Indian city of Baroda employ a common moral Discourse on consumption, one that is shaped through the operationalization of historically rooted ideals of community, family solidarity and asceticism. These ideals are set against the experience of urban middle-class l...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Margit van Wessel
Format: Printed Book
Published: Cultural Dynamics 2004; 16; 93 2004
Subjects:
Online Access:http://10.26.1.76/ks/00719.pdf

Similar Items