Entangled urbanism : slum, gated community and shopping mall in Delhi and Gurgaon
Publication details: New Delhi Oxford University Press 2015Description: xliv,317,ipISBN:- 9780198099147
- 307.760954 SRI
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Contents
Acknowledgements xi
List of Figures xiii
List of Abbreviations xiv
Introduction: Slums, Criminal Suburbs, Urban Bodies and 'Superb Housing Schemes' for People with 'Modern Outlook' xvii
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' 3
2. Duplicity, Intimacy, Community: An Ethnography of ID Cards, Permits, and Other Fake Documents 30
3. At First Remove: Rumours of a Demolition 57
Part II: Post-Nationalism, Bhagidars, Consumer-Citizens, the Mohulla, Bedrooms, and Kitchens
4. Post-nationalism: Urban Spaces, Consumerism, and Middle-Class Activism in Delhi 85
5. National Identity, Bedrooms, and Kitchens 112
6. Plenitude, Decrepitude and Unruly Villagers. Or, 'People Want a Community, But Not Like a Mohulla' 137
7. 'Lifestyle Choices in Harmony': Gated Biographies 169
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 191
9. High Streets, Low Places and Indian Roots: Shopping Malls and the Narratives of Space 213
10. Shop Talk: Shopping Mall Publics 241
11. 'Revolution Forever': Consumerism and Object Lessons for the Urban Poor 260
Bibliography 286
Index 305
About the Author 318.
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