Record:   Prev Next
Author Ghertner, D. Asher, author
Title Rule by aesthetics : world-class city making in Delhi / D. Asher Ghertner
Imprint New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2015]
book jacket
LOCATION CALL # STATUS OPACMSG BARCODE
 人文社會聯圖  HT169.I52 D446 2015    AVAILABLE    30610020485793
 Ethnology Library  HT169.I52 D446 2015    AVAILABLE    30520020826641
Descript ix, 252 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
text rdacontent
unmediated rdamedia
volume rdacarrier
Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-245) and index
World-class city making -- Gentrifying the state : governing through property -- Nuisance talk : from sensory disgust to urban abjection -- Aesthetic criminalization : the nuisance of slums -- World-class detritus : the sense of unbelonging -- The propriety of property : resettlement and the pursuit of belonging -- Conclusion
Subject City planning -- India -- Delhi
Slums -- India -- Delhi
Urban renewal -- India -- Delhi
Record:   Prev Next