Essays about: "indian middle class"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 essays containing the words indian middle class.

  1. 1. Young women’s perceptions on safety in public spaces of Mumbai: negotiating the risk of sexual harassment and challenging patriarchy by transcending victimhood

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

    Author : Anni-Elina Vänskä; [2019]
    Keywords : sexual violence; street harassment; Mumbai; public safety; patriarchy; gender roles; India; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis draws on ten in-depth interviews in order to analyze young and educated, middle-class women’s perceptions on public safety in Mumbai, regarding the risk of sexual harassment. It focuses on the ways these women negotiate with risk and the patriarchal norms of women’s appropriate behavior in public spaces, further, examines how these women address their oppression and act in order to empower themselves and other women. READ MORE

  3. 2. An Alternative Plan for the Re-development of the Kathputli Colony, New Delhi

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för arkitektur och samhällsbyggnad (ABE)

    Author : Andre Kullmar; [2018]
    Keywords : Arkitektur; Stadsplanering; Indien;

    Abstract : This project is an alternative urban design scheme for the re-development of the Kathputli Colony in New Delhi, India. The Colony, approximately half the size of Gamla Stan, is located 30 minutes west of the City Centre and consist of a myriad of improvised dwellings. READ MORE

  4. 3. The good and bad victim : a critical discourse analysis of the representations of missing and murdered Indigenous women in Canadian local press

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Mänskliga rättigheter

    Author : Josefin Aldegren; [2016]
    Keywords : critical discourse analysis; Canadian local press; class; gender; race; social constructions; Indigenous women; missing and murdered; intersectionality; mänskliga rättigheter; human rights; Cultural Sciences;

    Abstract : Den här studien undersöker hur den Kanadensiska lokaltidningen Winnipeg Free press porträtterar försvunna och mördade urfolkskvinnor. Syften med studien är att undersöka om sociala konstruktioner av genus, ”ras” och klass påverkar kvinnoras beskrivningar, och om dessa beskrivningar är påverkade av stereotypa uppfattningar om urfolkskvinnor. READ MORE

  5. 4. Women and Maids : Perceptions of domestic workers, house work and class among young, progressive, middle-to-upper class women in Delhi

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

    Author : Otso Harju; [2016]
    Keywords : Domestic workers; Delhi; Class; Gender roles; Reflexivity; Social change; Family; India; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis analyses ten indepth interviews on domestic workers, class and gender roles with ten young, politically inclined and often adamantly feminist women towards the upper end of the Indian class spectrum. It aims to deepen the understanding of employerworker relations and gendered domestic roles in contemporary Indian households. READ MORE

  6. 5. Honor and Happiness: An ethnographic study of arranged marriages in a context of tradition and globalization in South India

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Karin Hallberg; [2015-09-04]
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    Abstract : The tradition of arranged marriages is still the most popular form of organizing a marital relationship in India. Traditionally, parents are in charge of choosing the life partner for their child, which is a manifestation of honor in the Indian society. READ MORE