Bardalai, Keya (2019) Malls versus streets: North-Eastern women between modernity and marginality. South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies.
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| Abstract: | This paper explores the experiences of migrant women from Northeast India who work in retail stores in malls in Delhi and Gurgaon, and the conflicting discourses of modernity and marginality which they negotiate at work and outside work. Managers of high-end retail stores in malls view these women as ‘modern’, ‘global’ and reflective of the aesthetic sensibilities of the brands they are hired to sell. For this reason, north-eastern women’s bodies and identities are ‘valued’ and ‘sought after’ by retailers and recruiters. Yet, outside, especially on the streets of Delhi, the same women whose aesthetic and modern attributes are valued at the workplace are subject to racial and sexualised stereotyping that labels them as ‘promiscuous’, ‘provocatively dressed’ and lacking in sexual respectability. This paper describes the spatial practices of north-eastern migrant women as inscribed by the shifting landscapes of modernity and marginality that they must negotiate as they reconcile their different public identities in the city. |
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| Item Type: | Journal Paper |
| Additional Information: | Copyright belongs to South Asian Studies Association of Australia |
| Keywords: | Delhi; discrimination; malls; marginality; migrants; modernity; north-eastern women; space; streets |
| Subjects: | School of Social Sciences > Sociology Programmes > Urban and Mobility Studies |
| Divisions: | Schools > Social Sciences |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Dec 2019 06:22 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Dec 2019 06:44 |
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| Funders: | UNSPECIFIED |
| Projects: | UNSPECIFIED |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1080/00856401.2020.1675022 |
| URI: | http://eprints.nias.res.in/id/eprint/1850 |
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