TY - GEN AU - Ray, Raka TI - Cultures of servitude: modernity, domesticity and class in India SN - 9780804760720 U1 - 306.0954 PY - 2009/// CY - California PB - Stanford University Press N1 - CONTENTS List of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xi 1 Approaching Servitude in Kolkata i 2 Colonial Legacies and Spatial Transformations 32 3 Between Family Retainer and Freelancer 65 4 Disquieting Transitions 92 5 The Failure of Patriarchy 119 6 The Cultivation and Cleavage of Distinction 145 7 Traveling Cultures of Servitude 167 8 Conclusion 188 Notes 201 Glossary 229 Bibliography 233 Index 249 ER -