TY - T1 - Matrimonial advertisements in the light of Pierre Bourdieu’s capitals SN - / UR - URN:NBN:fi:hulib-201901291196; http://hdl.handle.net/10138/298599 T3 - A1 - Lehtonen, Inka A2 - PB - Helsingin yliopisto Y1 - 2018 LA - eng AB - In my Master’s Thesis, I analyse matrimonial advertisements published in two newspapers from 2011-12 in order to shed light on how Indian middle-class individuals and families describe their social identity and try to get more resources, “capitals” in Pierre Bourdieu’s terms, through marital alliances. I have two sets of data: one from an English newspaper published in a big metropolitan city and the other from a Hindi language newspaper published in a slightly smaller city, both from North Indi... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - Indian middle class; Pierre Bourdieu; cultural capital; North India; urban middle class; class; Etelä‑Aasian tutkimus; South Asian Studies; Sydasienforskning N1 - PP - ER -