Gated Luxury Condominiums in India: A Socio-Spatial Arena for New Cosmopolitans critically examines gated luxury condominiums in contemporary India, exploring their role in shaping elite power and identity within the framework of neoliberalism.
Gated Luxury Condominiums in India: A Socio-Spatial Arena for New Cosmopolitans critically examines gated luxury condominiums in contemporary India, exploring their role in shaping elite power and identity within the framework of neoliberalism.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Dhara Patel is an architect and postdoctoral researcher at the Chair of Urban and Spatial Sociology, Institute of Sociology, TU Darmstadt, Germany. Her research focuses on the intersection of architecture, urban studies and sociology, with a particular emphasis on housing and socio-spatial dynamics. She holds a PhD in Architecture Building and Planning from the University of Melbourne. Her scholarly pursuits delve into the transformative impacts of globalisation on living spaces, the intricacies of postcolonial urbanism and the material manifestations of culture in the built environment.
Inhaltsangabe
List of figures List of tables Acknowledgements Introduction: Verticality and prestige: bungalows to gated luxury condominiums PART I: Conception 1. The allure of exclusivity: imagery, investment and identity 2. Liminal luxury: identity and spatial constructs 3. Dwellings and social prestige - vernacular, colonial, postcolonial India PART II: Occupation - Case studies from Mumbai and Pune 4. The new cosmopolitans - modern domesticity 5. Old discriminations, new spatial mechanisms: the spectacle of consumption PART III: Evolution 6. From global to neocolonial? Progression of type 7. Beyond the Gates: unpacking social mobility and spatial politics Bibliography Index
List of figures List of tables Acknowledgements Introduction: Verticality and prestige: bungalows to gated luxury condominiums PART I: Conception 1. The allure of exclusivity: imagery, investment and identity 2. Liminal luxury: identity and spatial constructs 3. Dwellings and social prestige - vernacular, colonial, postcolonial India PART II: Occupation - Case studies from Mumbai and Pune 4. The new cosmopolitans - modern domesticity 5. Old discriminations, new spatial mechanisms: the spectacle of consumption PART III: Evolution 6. From global to neocolonial? Progression of type 7. Beyond the Gates: unpacking social mobility and spatial politics Bibliography Index
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