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The Fall of Gods

Memory, Kinship, and Middle Classes in South India

By: Ester Gallo

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The Fall of Gods

Memory, Kinship, and Middle Classes in South India

By: Ester Gallo

Interrogating the cultural roots of contemporary Malayali middle classes, especially the upper caste Nambudiri community, The Fall of Gods is based on a decade-long ethnography and historico-sociological analyses of the interconnections between colonial history, family memories, and class mobility in twentieth-century south India. It traces the transformation of normative structures of kinship networks as the community moves from colonial to neo-liberal modernity across generations. The author demonstrates how past family experiences of class and geographical mobility (or immobility) are retrieved and reshaped in the present as alternative ways of conceiving kinship, transforming the idea of collective suffering and sacrifice, and strengthening the felt necessity of territorial, caste, and religious mingling. Rich in anthropological detail and incisive analyses, the book makes original contributions to the understanding of connection between gendered family relations and class mobility, and foregrounds the complex linkages between political history, memory, and the ‘private’ domain of kinship relations in the making of India’s middle classes.

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Oxford University Press

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0199091315

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9780199091317

Migration, Masculinities and Reproductive Labour

Men of the Home

By: Ester Gallo,Francesca Scrinzi

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Migration, Masculinities and Reproductive Labour

Men of the Home

By: Ester Gallo,Francesca Scrinzi

This innovative book analyses the role gender plays in the relationship between globalisation, migration and reproductive labour. Exploring the gendered experiences of migrant men and the social construction of racialised masculinities in the context of the 'international division of reproductive labour' (IDRL), it examines how new patterns of consumption and provision of paid domestic/care work lead to forms of inequality across racial, ethnic, gender and class lines. Based on an ethnographic analysis of the working and family lives of migrant men within the IDRL, it focuses on the practices and strategies of migrant men employed as domestic/care workers in Italy. The authors highlight how migrant men's experiences of reproductive labour and family are shaped by global forces and national public policies, and how they negotiate the changes and potential conflicts that their 'feminised' jobs entail. They draw on the voices of men and women of different nationalities to show how masculinities are constructed within the home through migrant men's interactions with male and female employers, women relations and their wider ethnic network. Bridging the divide between scholarship on international migration, care work and masculinity studies, this book will interest sociologists, anthropologists, economists, political scientists and social policy experts.

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Springer

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1137379782

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When Older Women Speak

Aging, Emotional Distress, and the Self

By: Ester Carolina Apesoa-Varano,Charles S. Varano

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When Older Women Speak

Aging, Emotional Distress, and the Self

By: Ester Carolina Apesoa-Varano,Charles S. Varano

Studying the interaction of gender, class, race/ethnicity, and aging in the depression experience of older women provides a unique opportunity to understand how aging plays a significant role in shaping conceptions of self and emotional health trajectories for women. Based on author interviews with mostly working-class, depressed, elderly women, this book contributes to the theoretical understanding of femininity and aging and the practical implications for policy and effective health care treatment. Cultivating an "alternative self" can reduce older women’s suffering and provide the emotional resources to change their inner worlds, even if the outer world stretches beyond their control. Depression affects women twice as often as men. Up to 40 percent of older adults respond poorly to depression treatment, and depression is linked to higher morbidity and mortality rates and cognitive decline. Older adults with depression have 50 percent higher health care costs, yet depression is accurately recognized in less than one half of older adults in primary care. While older men are more likely to die by suicide, older women are two to three times more likely to attempt suicide, and depression is the best predictor of suicide in older adults. Latina and African American women have lower rates of depression treatment compared to non-minority women. From issues of health care access to the stigma of depression, older Latinas and African American women are at an increased risk for untreated depression. This book seeks to address some of the significant gaps in our knowledge of late-life depression in women, especially in ethnic minorities, ranging from detection and efficacy of depression treatment to informal influences (e.g., family) on formal depression care seeking.

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181

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Routledge

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1000043959

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9781000043952

Student Cookbook

The Essential Guide

By: Ester Davies

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Student Cookbook

The Essential Guide

By: Ester Davies

Late nights out, early morning lectures; the busy life of a student doesn’t always lend itself to healthy eating. But eating takeaways and snacking on fast food doesn’t have to be the only way to survive university. This student cookbook will help you prepare and cook healthy meals and snacks, proving that quick and easy healthy food doesn’t have to be complicated or time consuming, and can be done on a student budget. You will also discover how to set up a healthy store cupboard, how to select the right foods at exam time and how to prepare healthy snacks and meals. All recipes are calorie counted, so whether you want to cook for yourself, that special someone or your entire flat, there is plenty to choose from. Discovering the basics of nutrition, coupled with practical advice, will help you feel and cope better, encouraging you to eat for a healthier life. This is an essential cookbook every student should own.

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BX.Plans Ltd.

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1910843865

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9781910843864

The Fall of Gods

Memory, Kinship, and Middle Classes in South India

By: Ester Gallo

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Memory, Kinship, and Middle Classes in South India

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Migration, Masculinities and Reproductive Labour

Men of the Home

By: Ester Gallo,Francesca Scrinzi

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The Fall of Gods

The Fall of Gods

Migration, Masculinities and Reproductive Labour

Migration, Masculinities and Reproductive Labour

When Older Women Speak

When Older Women Speak

Student Cookbook

Student Cookbook

The Fall of Gods

The Fall of Gods

Migration, Masculinities and Reproductive Labour

Migration, Masculinities and Reproductive Labour

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