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
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
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