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OverviewWhat makes a city? Rather than a totality, a city is best understood through focusing upon different but interconnected spaces and processes that make for both dynamism and instability in human lives. Hence, the book ranges across a number of sites in order to explore their connections. How do the pleasures of the gated residential enclave encompass the pain of the demolished slum locality? How do localized rituals of suburban life incorporate the symbolic procedures of the nation-state? What processes link contemporary manifestations of consumerism, the middle-classes, and the urban poor? What kind of a city is produced by the relationship between 'illegal' settlements such as 'slums', the traffic in fake documents that seek to stave of slum-demolitions and representatives of the 'legal' city such as Residents Welfare Associations (RWAs)? What can the increasing visibility of RWAs in the quotidian politics of the city tell us about new notions of citizenship and the emergent relationships between middle-classes, the state and the market? And, what is shared between new forms of urban religiosity, the desire for a 'global' city and new consumer cultures? Through these key themes, the book examines the city as a series of overlapping meanings rather than as identifiable urban essence. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Sanjay Srivastava (, Professor, Sociology, Institute of Economic Growth, New Delhi)Publisher: OUP India Imprint: OUP India Dimensions: Width: 14.80cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.542kg ISBN: 9780198099147ISBN 10: 0198099142 Pages: 368 Publication Date: 25 December 2014 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsIntroduction: Slums, Criminal Suburbs, Urban Bodies and 'Superb Housing Schemes' for People with 'Modern Outlook'; Part I: Spaces of the Periphery, Subjects of the Centre; 1: A Hijra, A Female Pradhan, and a Real Estate Dealer: Slum Lives Between the Market, the State and 'Community'; 2: Duplicity, Intimacy, Community: An Ethnography of ID Cards, Permits, and Other Fake Documents; 3: At First Remove: Rumours of a Demolition; Part II: Post-Nationalism, Bhagidars, Consumer-Citizens, the Mohulla, Bedrooms, and Kitchens; 4: Post-nationalism: Urban Spaces, Consumerism, and Middle-Class Activism in Delhi; 5: National Identity, Bedrooms, and Kitchens; 6: Plenitude, Decrepitude and Unruly Villagers. Or, 'People Want a Community, But Not Like a Mohulla'; 7: 'Lifestyle Choices in Harmony': Gated Biographies; Part III: Consuming Cultures and Urban Spaces: Between the Basti and the Mall; 8: Classifying Spaces, Specifying Classes: Citizens, the State, and Disney-Divinity in Delhi; 9: High Streets, Low Places and Indian Roots: Shopping Malls and the Narratives of Space; 10: Shop Talk: Shopping Mall Publics; 11: 'Revolution Forever': Consumerism and Object Lessons for the Urban Poor; List of Plates; Bibliography; Index; About the AuthorReviewsImpressive Hans Schenk, newbooks.asia Interesting to anyone concerned with the growth of and intricacies in Indian city life and with the more general problem of slum-clearance * Joseph Rykwert, The Times Literary Supplement * Impressive * Hans Schenk, newbooks.asia * Entangled Urbanism is an indispensable read for urban sociologists who are interested in processes of identity-formation of the city and in the city. * Sneha Annavarapu, Urban Studies * Interesting to anyone concerned with the growth of and intricacies in Indian city life and with the more general problem of slum-clearance Joseph Rykwert, The Times Literary Supplement Impressive Hans Schenk, newbooks.asia Interesting to anyone concerned with the growth of and intricacies in Indian city life and with the more general problem of slum-clearance Joseph Rykwert, The Times Literary Supplement Impressive Hans Schenk, newbooks.asia Entangled Urbanism is an indispensable read for urban sociologists who are interested in processes of identity-formation of the city and in the city. Sneha Annavarapu, Urban Studies Author InformationSanjay Srivastava is Professor of Sociology, Institute of Economic Growth, University of Delhi, Delhi. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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