Entangled Urbanism
Slum, Gated Community and Shopping Mall in Delhi and Gurgaon
Sanjay Srivastava
Table of Contents
Introduction: Slums, Criminal Suburbs, Urban Bodies and 'Superb Housing Schemes' for People with 'Modern Outlook'
Part I: Spaces of the Periphery, Subjects of the Centre
1. A Hijra, A Female Pradhan, and a Real Estate Dealer: Slum Lives Between the Market, the State and 'Community'
2. Duplicity, Intimacy, Community: An Ethnography of ID Cards, Permits, and Other Fake Documents
3. At First Remove: Rumours of a Demolition
Part II: Post-Nationalism, Bhagidars, Consumer-Citizens, the Mohulla, Bedrooms, and Kitchens
4. Post-nationalism: Urban Spaces, Consumerism, and Middle-Class Activism in Delhi
5. National Identity, Bedrooms, and Kitchens
6. Plenitude, Decrepitude and Unruly Villagers. Or, 'People Want a Community, But Not Like a Mohulla'
7. 'Lifestyle Choices in Harmony': Gated Biographies
Part III: Consuming Cultures and Urban Spaces: Between the Basti and the Mall
8. Classifying Spaces, Specifying Classes: Citizens, the State, and Disney-Divinity in Delhi
9. High Streets, Low Places and Indian Roots: Shopping Malls and the Narratives of Space
10. Shop Talk: Shopping Mall Publics
11. 'Revolution Forever': Consumerism and Object Lessons for the Urban Poor
List of Plates
Bibliography
Index
About the Author