Comparing cities : the Middle East and South Asia /
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| Imprint: | Karachi : Oxford University Press, 2009. |
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| Description: | xix, 349 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7907998 |
| Summary: | These articles seek to highlight the changing social dynamics in Middle Eastern and South Asian cities. The comparative framework builds on a shared history of the colonial encounter, modernity, nationalism and urbanity and is further deepened by the larger framework of Muslim culture that influences social life in both spaces. The various chapters rethink the gendered dimension of public spaces and investigate the relationship between the popular and the political in these regions. They also take into account how larger structural changes in South Asia/the Middle East have impacted the practices and experiences of people. This focus addresses the lack of social histories that explore urban life-worlds in an era of de-industrialization and major structural changes such as are available for many cities in other regions of the world. It hence provides an interdisciplinary analysis that informs us about how transnational flows of ideas and resources shape certain responses to deprivation and marginality, yet also encourage political passivity and inaction. Raising such questions in a comparative context is essential to refocus research agendas and to inspire new studies. The volume is unique as, for the first time, it puts the field of urban studies within the two regions in a dialogue with each other and with similar efforts across the globe. |
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| Item Description: | "This volume primarily brings together papers from the workshop, Comparing Urban Landscapes held at the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) in April of 2004"--Acknowledgements. |
| Physical Description: | xix, 349 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780195474985 0195474988 |