Entangled Urbanism Slum, Gated Community and Shopping Mall in Delhi and Gurgaon

by Srivastava, Sanjay

• ISBN13: 9780199084487
• ISBN10: 0199084483
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2015-01-22
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Author Biography

Sanjay Srivastava, Professor, Sociology, Institute of Economic Growth, New Delhi

Sanjay Srivastava is Professor of Sociology, Institute of Economic Growth, University of Delhi, Delhi.

Table of Contents

Introduction: 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 Author