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Urban Utopias

Excess and Expulsion in Neoliberal South Asia

Tereza Kuldova editor Mathew A Varghese editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Springer International Publishing AG

Published:17th Mar '17

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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. 

ISBN: 9783319476223

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 5005g

289 pages

1st ed. 2017