Claims on the City

Situated Narratives of the Urban
Herausgeber: Krishna, C. Yamini; Yen, Amy Phua Mei; Mathew, Nisha

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Produktbeschreibung

Using an interdisciplinary approach, this book captures a snapshot of humane, subjective, and emotive facets of cities, studied through microhistories, social movements, and urban cultures.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Oktober 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 611g
• ISBN-13: 9781666941609
• ISBN-10: 1666941603
• Artikelnr.: 68888200

Autorenporträt

C. Yamini Krishna is professor at FLAME University, India. Amy Phua Mei Yen is a doctoral candidate at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Nisha Mathew is professor of social theory at the School of Law, Mahindra University, Hyderabad.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Introduction
Part 1: Choreographing the City
Chapter 1: Occupying Bangkok: Performing Rights Across the City in a Series
of Unpredictable Flash Mobs in Neoliberal Thailand
Rubkwan Thammaboosadee
Chapter 2: From Confederate Monuments to Black Lives Matter Protests: The
Role of Material Culture in Shaping and Reshaping Richmond's Racialized
Landscape
Incoronata (Nadia) Inserra and Lee Ann Timreck
Chapter 3: Yale: Respect New Haven (New Artwork to Protest an Old
University).
Laura A. Macaluso
Chapter 4: Allegory or Algorithm: The Smart City as Monument
Richard Simpson
Part 2: Culturescapes of Rapid Urbanization
Chapter 5: Memory, Nostalgia, and Asakusa in Contemporary Japanese Cinema
and Television
Mina Qiao
Chapter 6: Filming the City: Embodying Interruption
Dikshya Karki
Chapter 7: Claiming History, Claiming Present: Muslim Diaspora and
Hyderabad City
C.Yamini Krishna
Chapter 8: The Soul of The City: Mindfulness Practice in Hong Kong
Marin Nycklemoe
Chapter 9: Languages of Care: Exploring Articulations of Neglect and
Backwardness among Laboring Migrants in Bengaluru
Swathi Shivanand
Chapter 10: Hiking is Caring: "Kong Wu" and "Hang Shan" as Concepts to
Understand the Changing Sense of Belonging in Hong Kong's Rural Landscape
Hui Lok Hang
Part 3: Microhistories of Placemaking
Chapter 11: Popular Experiences and City Making in Brazilian Amazonia:
Manaus, 1890-1900
Thais R. S. de Sant¿Ana
Chapter 12: Sufi Shrines in Hyderabad and its Community's Claims within The
Urban
Amy Phua Mei Yen
Chapter 13: Theatrical Landscapes: Exploring Single Screen Theatres in
Ernakulam as Urban Icons and Indicators
Rajarajeshwari Ashok
Chapter 14: Caste of Our Neighbors: Understanding "Middle-class" Attitudes
Towards Caste Through Urban Property in Kolkata
Sreya Sen
Chapter 15: War on Slums: Slum-free City Programs and People's Struggles to
Stay Put in Visakhapatnam
Indivar Jonnalagadda
Chapter 16: Tribal Aspirations and The City
Elvin Xing Yifu
About the Contributors