Raka Ray: 2 books
Cultures of Servitude
Modernity, Domesticity, and Class in India
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2009
Domestic servitude blurs the divide between family and work, affection and duty, the home and the world. In Cultures of Servitude, Raka Ray and Seemin Qayum offer an ethnographic account of domestic life and servitude in contemporary Kolkata, India, with a concluding comparison with New York City....
Feminist Futures
Reimagining Women, Culture and Development
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2016
The first edition received widespread praise, including from eminent scholars such as Gita Sen and Amina Mama (see quotes below)
The only book on the subject to cover the Global South as a whole and to bring together such a wide variety of disciplines and approaches.
Offers a critical feminist perspective on development.
Bridges the gap between development scholarship and feminist activism.