| Urban Utopias: Excess and Expulsion in Neoliberal South Asia Softcover Repri Edition Contributor(s): Kuldova, Tereza (Editor), Varghese, Mathew A. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3319837842 ISBN-13: 9783319837840 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - Urban - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social |
| Dewey: 306 |
| Series: Palgrave Studies in Urban Anthropology |
| Physical Information: 0.65" H x 5.83" W x 8.27" (0.81 lbs) 289 pages |
| Themes: - Demographic Orientation - Urban |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book brings anthropologists and critical theorists together in order to investigate utopian visions of the future in the neoliberal cities of India and Sri Lanka. Arguing for the priority of materiality in any analysis of contemporary ideology, the authors explore urban construction projects, special economic zones, fashion ramps, films, archaeological excavations, and various queer spaces. In the process, they reveal how diverse co-existing utopian visions are entangled with local politics and global capital, and show how these utopian visions are at once driven by visions of excess and by increasing expulsions. It's a dystopia already in the making - one marred by land grabs and forced evictions, rising inequality, and the loss of urbanity and civility. |