Urban Utopias - Excess and Expulsion in Neoliberal South Asia (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)

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.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Palgrave Studies in Urban Anthropology
Release date:	March 2017
First published:	2017
Editors:	Tereza Kuldova • Mathew A. Varghese
Dimensions:	210 x 148 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	289
Edition:	1st ed. 2017
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-47622-3
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General
LSN:	3-319-47622-X
Barcode:	9783319476223

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