Nandini Sen

Urban Marginalisation in South Asia

Waste Pickers in Calcutta

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the lives and society of a marginalised urban community of waste-pickers living within the city of Calcutta, and yet on the periphery of mainstream society. Through interpretive ethnography of the studied community focusing on ideological marginalisation, the book studies the community and their world.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 122
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. August 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 7mm
• Gewicht: 195g
• ISBN-13: 9780367589738
• ISBN-10: 0367589737
• Artikelnr.: 69892687

Autorenporträt

Nandini Sen received her PhD from Goethe University, Frankfurt/Main, Germany.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. Literature and Theoretical Framework 3. Ideological
Marginalisation versus Economic Marginalisation 4. Silent Defiance and
Subtle Negotiation 5. Challenging Social Capital: Formulation and
Subversion 6. Kinship and Neighbourhood: Life without Husbands and Fathers
7. Conclusion