The Oxford Anthology of the Modern Indian City Making and Unmaking the City Politics, Culture, and Life Forms

By:

Lal, Vinay

Contributor(s):

Lal, Vinay

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Oxford Oxford University Press 2013Description: 469pISBN:

0198091818

DDC classification:

R70.1 L150

Partial contents:

1. Identities, Interests, Institutions: Politics and violence in the city The battle for lucknow..........1 The tilak riots: A reminiscence.......2 Block 22...........6 A split-level war in Jamshedpur.......12 Land to the killer ...............23 Shiv sena, the City, and Communal Populism .........30 2. The social web of life in the Metropolis Flute-Music........47 Urban Frauds.......49 The truth about dhanya......55 Juthika .........56 Main Bambai ka Baabu Naam Mera Anjaana ...........64 The great big city ............66 The unwordly ones: The hijras .....76 Winter in Calcutta ............85 A street in Srinagar ............95 3. Living at the city`s Periphery: Dalits, Labourers, slum-dwellers, and Outsiders ..............141 4. Multiple cities, many ethnicities: Claiming and Disowning the city .........243 5. Art, Culture, and Conviviality in the city ........317 Ruins of Cities past- and Future?...............391

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includes index and biblioraphy

1. Identities, Interests, Institutions: Politics and violence in the city
The battle for lucknow..........1
The tilak riots: A reminiscence.......2
Block 22...........6
A split-level war in Jamshedpur.......12
Land to the killer ...............23
Shiv sena, the City, and Communal Populism .........30
2. The social web of life in the Metropolis
Flute-Music........47
Urban Frauds.......49
The truth about dhanya......55
Juthika .........56
Main Bambai ka Baabu Naam Mera Anjaana ...........64
The great big city ............66
The unwordly ones: The hijras .....76
Winter in Calcutta ............85
A street in Srinagar ............95
3. Living at the city`s Periphery: Dalits, Labourers, slum-dwellers, and Outsiders ..............141
4. Multiple cities, many ethnicities: Claiming and Disowning the city .........243
5. Art, Culture, and Conviviality in the city ........317
Ruins of Cities past- and Future?...............391

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