Spaces of Colonialism: Delhi's Urban Governmentalities

Spaces of Colonialism: Delhi's Urban Governmentalities
ISBN-10
1444399519
ISBN-13
9781444399516
Category
Science
Pages
272
Language
English
Published
2011-07-22
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons
Author
Stephen Legg

Description

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

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