A woman’s job: making middle lives in new India

Islam, Asiya ORCID: 0000-0002-1983-9944 (2025) A woman’s job: making middle lives in new India. LSE Review of Books (16 Jan 2025). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

In this excerpt from A Woman’s Job: Making Middle Lives in New India, Asiya Islam examines the lives of educated young women working in precarious jobs in Delhi’s service sector. The book’s rich ethnography explores how these women navigate work, home life, gender norms and class dynamics amidst socio-economic transformation and globalisation. A Woman’s Job: Making Middle Lives in New India. Asiya Islam. Cambridge University Press. 2024.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofbooks/
Additional Information:	© 2025 The Author(s)
Divisions:	Gender Studies
Subjects:	P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman
Date Deposited:	12 Feb 2025 15:33
Last Modified:	12 Feb 2025 15:33
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/127253

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