A woman’s job: making middle lives in new India
Islam, A.
(16 January 2025)
A woman’s job: making middle lives in new India.
LSE Review of Books.
(16 January 2025)
A woman’s job: making middle lives in new India.
LSE Review of Books.
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.