Outcaste Bombay - Juned Shaikh

Outcaste Bombay

City Making and the Politics of the Poor

(Autor)

Buch | Hardcover
242 Seiten
2021
University of Washington Press (Verlag)
978-0-295-74849-8 (ISBN)
113,45 inkl. MwSt
Caste, class, and development converge in a booming metropolis

Over the course of the twentieth century, Bombay’s population grew twentyfold as the city became increasingly industrialized and cosmopolitan. Yet beneath a veneer of modernity, old prejudices endured, including the treatment of the Dalits. Even as Indians engaged with aspects of modern life, including the Marxist discourse of class, caste distinctions played a pivotal role in determining who was excluded from the city’s economic transformations. Labor historian Juned Shaikh documents the symbiosis between industrial capitalism and the caste system, mapping the transformation of the city as urban planners marked Dalit neighborhoods as slums that needed to be demolished in order to build a modern Bombay.

Drawing from rare sources written by the urban poor and Dalits in the Marathi language—including novels, poems, and manifestos—Outcaste Bombay examines how language and literature became a battleground for cultural politics. Through careful scrutiny of one city’s complex social fabric, this study illuminates issues that remain vital for labor activists and urban planners around the world.

Juned Shaikh is associate professor of history at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Global South Asia
Mitarbeit Herausgeber (Serie): Padma Kaimal, K. Sivaramakrishnan, Anand A. Yang
Zusatzinfo 0 illustrations
Verlagsort Seattle
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Gewicht 522 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Regional- / Ländergeschichte
Geschichte Teilgebiete der Geschichte Kulturgeschichte
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Makrosoziologie
ISBN-10 0-295-74849-4 / 0295748494
ISBN-13 978-0-295-74849-8 / 9780295748498
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