Narrow Fairways - Getting By & Falling Behind in the New India

Zusatztext This is a very engaging book, with copious notes and a very detailed index, which helps the reader to identify the many issues covered. Informationen zum Autor Patrick Inglis is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Grinnell College. He teaches and writes on matters of global development, labor, and inequality. Klappentext In Narrow Fairways, Patrick Inglis tracks the experiences of poor lower-caste golf caddies at exclusive golf clubs in Bangalore, India's Silicon Valley, as they struggle against caste and class discrimination to lift up themselves and their families. Zusammenfassung In Narrow Fairways, Patrick Inglis tracks the experiences of poor lower-caste golf caddies at exclusive golf clubs in Bangalore, India's Silicon Valley, as they struggle against caste and class discrimination to lift up themselves and their families. Inhaltsverzeichnis Note to Readers Dramatis Personae Map of City and Clubs Introduction Part One: Labor and Land 1: The "Caddie Question" 2: Under Construction: The Making of Elite Ideology Part Two: Servility, Deference, and Place 3: The Labor of Aspiration 4: The Boys of Banandur 5: Caste Illa Part Three: Opportunity Costs 6: The Burden of Distinction 7: "It Will Become": Twists of Fate 8: Going Places Part Four: Getting By, Falling Behind 9: Escape from Challaghatta 10: The (Mis)Fortunes of Ordinary Men 11: On the Path of Development Conclusion Acknowledgments Notes Index

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• Autori: Patrick Inglis, Patrick (Assistant Professor of Sociology Inglis
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 13.08.2019
• EAN: 9780190664770
• ISBN: 978-0-19-066477-0
• Pagine: 320
• Serie: Global and Comparative Ethnography
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; Cultural Studies, SPORTS & RECREATION / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social Mobility, Social issues & processes, Sports & outdoor recreation, Comparative Politics, Social classes, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Social and ethical issues, Sports and Active outdoor recreation