Bittiandra Chand Somaiah

Cosmopolitan Maternalisms

Migration, Kinship, and Coorg Mothering in Modernity

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Produktbeschreibung

Cosmopolitan Maternalisms presents an in-depth, gendered, and qualitative analysis of contemporary maternity and mothering practices among a South Asian immigrant community.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. März 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 532g
• ISBN-13: 9781487507091
• ISBN-10: 1487507097
• Artikelnr.: 67613793

Autorenporträt

Bittiandra Chand Somaiah is a lecturer at NUS College and an associate of the migration and mobilities cluster at the Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Tables and Images
Acknowledgments
Introduction: “Life out of Coorg makes kids cosmopolitan”
1. Kodavathee Immigrant Mothering in Modernity
2. Kuppadis and Baby Showers
3. Pettavva, Pujas, and Cord Burials
4. Cultural Consumption: Risk, Mothering Manuals, and Motherlines
5. Kodava Pedha: “Aspects of our ancestors”
6. Metrolinguistic Care
7. First and Family Foods
8. Transnational Maternal Labours
Conclusion: Cosmopolitan Maternalisms and Modern Coorg Outlooks
Appendices
Glossary
Notes
References
Index