Masculinity, Consumerism and the Post-National Indian City : Streets, Neighbourhoods, Home Hardback
by Sanjay (School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London) Srivastava
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Imagining the city as a series of interconnected spaces, the book explores how several such connections - between the home and the street, family and public spaces, religious and non-religious contexts, for example - relate to the topic of masculinity.
How do men - elite, subaltern, consumers, 'heads' of the family, members of 'Hindu fundamentalist' organisations, readers of pulp fiction and 'footpath pornography', those who admire the 'strong' political leader - move between these spaces, define them and are defined by them?
Urbanisation in India is a vibrant site of an extraordinary cultural, social and economic churn, a context of both the consolidation of masculine identities as well as anxieties regarding their place in the city.
The book suggests that sustained and in-depth engagements with specific historical and social contexts avoids tendencies to imagine cities as nodes of comparison that frequently generates universal models of urbanism.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:210 pages, Worked examples or Exercises
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:05/01/2023
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- ISBN:9781009179867
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In Stock - low on stock, only 1 copy remainingFree UK DeliveryEstimated delivery 2-3 working days
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:210 pages, Worked examples or Exercises
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:05/01/2023
- Category:
- ISBN:9781009179867