Appropriately Indian: Gender and Culture in a New Transnational Class [Paperback] [Jan 01, 2012] Smitha Radhakrishnan
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Appropriately indian is an ethnographic analysis of the class of information technology professionals at the symbolic helm of globalizing india comprising a small but prestigious segment of indias labor force, these transnational knowledge workers dominate the countrys economic and cultural scene, as do their notions of what it means to be indian drawing on the stories of indian professionals in mumbai, bangalore, silicon valley and south africa, smitha radhakrishnan explains how these high-tech workers create a global indianness by transforming the diversity of indian cultural practices into a generic, mobile set of indian norms female information technology professionals are particularly influential by reconfiguring notions of respectable femininity and the good indian family, they are reshaping ideas about what it means to be indian the author explains how this transnational class creates an indian culture that is self-consciously distinct from western culture, yet compatible with w
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Appropriately Indian : Gender and Culture in a New Transnational Class
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Book Description Soft cover. Condition: New. Contents Acknowledgments 1 Introduction On Background 2 Privilege Situating Indias Transnational Class 3 GlobalIndian Cultural Politics in the IT Workplace 4 Merit Ideologies of Achievement in the Knowledge Economy 5 Individuals Narratives of Embedded Selves 6 Family Gendered Balance and the Everyday Production of the Nation 7 Religion When the Private is Transnational 8 Conclusion Apolitical Politics Notes Bibliography IndexAppropriately Indian is an ethnographic analysis of the class of information technology professionals at the symbolic helm of globalizing India Comprising a small but prestigious segment of Indias labor force these transnational knowledge workers dominate the countrys economic and cultural scene as do their notions of what it means to be Indian Drawing on the stories of Indian professionals in Mumbai Bangalore Silicon Valley and South Africa Smitha Radhakrishnan explains how these high-tech workers create a "global Indianness" by transforming the diversity of Indian cultural practices into a generic mobile set of "Indian" norms Female information technology professionals are particularly influential By reconfiguring notions of respectable femininity and the good Indian family they are reshaping ideas about what it means to be Indian The author explains how this transnational class creates an Indian culture that is self-consciously distinct from Western culture yet compatible with Western cosmopolitan lifestyles She describes the material and symbolic privileges that accrue to Indias high-tech workers who often claim ordinary middle-class backgrounds but are overwhelmingly urban and upper caste They are also distinctly apolitical and individualistic Members of this elite class practice a decontextualized version of Hinduism and they absorb the ideas and values that circulate through both Indian and non-Indian multinational corporations Ultimately though global Indianness is rooted and configured in the gendered sphere of home and family 252 pp. Seller Inventory # 102520
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