Prasad Khanolkar

Passages of Play in Urban India (eBook, PDF)

People, Media, Objects and Spaces in Mumbai's Slum Localities

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book offers a new way of thinking about 'slums' and southern cities based on the everyday life of slum localities in Mumbai, India. The book is significant in urban studies/anthropology/geography/sociology & postcolonial cities, Southern urbanisms, infrastructure studies, & urban planning in the global South.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 180
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. August 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000602821
• Artikelnr.: 64145692

Autorenporträt

Prasad Khanolkar is an Assistant Professor of Geography at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, India. His research as an academic and urban planner has focused on different urban issues in different cities, including Mumbai, Gurgaon, Portland, Nairobi, and Addis Ababa. His work has been published in journals and exhibited through art and architectural exhibitions. He is also a co-author of the book Gurgaon Glossaries (2012, co-authored with Rupali Gupte and Prasad Shetty).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction; Correspondence: A note on the method of this book; 1. On idling
storytelling
and impartibility: Phaltu Bethna Sakht Mana Hai; 2. On films
recognizability
and spacing-out: Double Dekho; 3. On Toilets
Deceptions
and Citability: Kaminey
a tragic-play; 4. On Swelling
Containment
and Recyclability: Cocktail Mix; 5. Conclusion: The inoperative operations of urban play