02419 a2200373 4500 1032097019 20250317100409.0 250312042021GB 36 eng 9781032097015 Taylor & Francis GBP 41.99 BB 01 eng JPA thema JBSD thema JPS thema GTM thema 1FKA bisac JPA bic JFSG bic JPS bic GTB bic 1FKA bisac POL000000 bisac POL011000 bisac POL015000 bisac POL016000 bisac 307.76095456 bisac Rohan Kalyan Neo Delhi and the Politics of Postcolonial Urbanism 1 Oxford Routledge 20210630 226 p This book is augmented by an interactive website (neodelhi.net). During research trips to Delhi and Gurgaon between 2008 and 2015 the author produced a multi-media urban archive that includes full color photos, an essay film, ethnographic videos, field notes and more pertaining to the arguments and ideas presented in this book. The reader is encouraged to actively engage with the website alongside this text. This book challenges the prevailing metro-centric view of globalization. Rather than privileging the experiences of cities and urban regions in the industrialized world, it argues that cities in the so-called "developing" world present opportunities for scholars to re-think entrenched ideas of globalization, urban development and political community. Kalyan presents a trans-disciplinary exploration of the manifold possibilities and challenges that confront a "globalizing" megacity like New Delhi. Combining theoretical scholarship, ethnographic exploration, media archival research and textual and visual analysis, the book foregrounds complex urban dynamics in and around the region and raises critical questions about changing urban life for postcolonial cities across the Global South. Kalyan employs methodological approaches from political economy, urban studies and visual culture to render a vivid portrait of changing urban life in India’s largest conurbation. The book will be of interest to students and scholars of urban studies, postcolonial studies and inter-disciplinary studies. 2072 2072