From 'evil eye' anxiety to the desirability of envy: Status, consumption and the politics of visibility in urban south India

Contributions to Indian Sociology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 185-216

  Dean, Melanie ^a  

^a American Institute for Lankan Studies   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

class; consumption; evil eye; south India; symbolic capital

Indexed keywords

CASTE SYSTEM; CLASS; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; CULTURAL LANDSCAPE; MATERIAL CULTURE; SYMBOLISM; URBAN SOCIETY;

INDIA; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 84879234896     PISSN: 00699667     EISSN: 09730648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0069966713482999     Document Type: Article

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