Spaces of Colonialism: Delhi's Urban Governmentalities

English

Series: RGS-IBG Book Ser.

ISBN: 1444399519

EAN: 9781444399516

Category: Political Science / World / Asian/History / Asia / India & South Asia/

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Release Date: 07/22/2011

Synopsis: Examines the residential, policed, and infrastructural landscapes of New and Old Delhi under British Rule.

• The first book of its kind to present a comparative history of New and Old Delhi
  
• Draws on the governmentality theories and methodologies presented in Michel Foucault’s lecture courses
  
• Looks at problems of social and racial segregation, the policing of the cities, and biopolitical needs in urban settings
  
• Undertakes a critique of colonial governmentality on the basis of the lived spaces of everyday life

Spaces of Colonialism: Delhi's Urban Governmentalities

Illustrated: No

Format: eBook - EPUB

Pages: 272