1st Edition

Social City Urban Experience and Belonging in Surat

By Sadan Jha Copyright 2022
248 Pages 9 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge India

248 Pages 9 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge India

248 Pages 9 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge India

This book examines urban experience from the vantage point of the global South. Drawing upon narratives coming from three key axes—communities, neighbourhoods, and market places—it lays bare the specificities of urban experience in contemporary Surat. It discusses a host of issues, including the ambiguity of urban experience, its uncomfortable ties with frames of the capital, and the... Read more

List of Figures

List of Tables

Preface

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter 1: Surat: An Overview

Chapter 2: Caste in a Contemporary City

Chapter 3: Cityscapes and Dalit Desires

Chapter 4: A City of Migrants

Chapter 5: Neighbourhoods

Chapter 6: What Dwells in the Market Place?

Epilogue

Bibliography

Index

Biography

Sadan Jha works on issues related to social and everyday life of cities in South Asia, history of visuality, symbols (Indian national Flag, Spinning Wheel and Bharat Mata), and history of colours. His publications include Reverence, Resistance and the Politics of Seeing the Indian National Flag (2016); Devanagari Jagat ki Drishya Sanskriti (2018); Half Set Chay aur Kuchh Youn Hi (2018); Neighbourhoods in Urban India: In Between Home and the City, (edited along with Dev Nath Pathak and Amiya Kumar Das, 2021); Leaving and Living: Home, Belonging and Memory in Migration, (edited along with Pushpendra, 2021); Neighbourhoods and neighbourliness in Urban South Asia (edited along with Dev Nath Pathak, 2022), and a number of academic as well as non-academic articles. He is currently Associate Professor at Centre for Social Studies, Surat, India.