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Urban InequalitiesUrban Transformation for Whom? Notes from the Margins of a Town in North India

Urban Inequalities: Urban Transformation for Whom? Notes from the Margins of a Town in North India [Drawing on fieldwork in a town in the Western state of Rajasthan, in North India, and particularly in a dalit neighbourhood just outside the walled city, this paper looks at ‘urban transformation and rejuvenation’ from the perspective of the economically and socially deprived. In particular, it reflects on transformations in towns from the vantage point of a dalit woman who lives near the cremation grounds outside the walled city and earns a living by sweeping steeets in the walled city. Juxtaposing the imagination of urban transformation for towns and urban lives, points to a deep disconnect between circulating discourses on cities, both international and national, and the lives of people who occupy the margins of a city with deep caste and class divisions.  ] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Urban InequalitiesUrban Transformation for Whom? Notes from the Margins of a Town in North India

Part of the Palgrave Studies in Urban Anthropology Book Series
Editors: Pardo, Italo; Prato, Giuliana B.
Abraham, Janaki
Urban Inequalities — Jan 6, 2021
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Springer International Publishing
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© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
ISBN
978-3-030-51723-6
Pages
171 –191
DOI
10.1007/978-3-030-51724-3_9
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Abstract

[Drawing on fieldwork in a town in the Western state of Rajasthan, in North India, and particularly in a dalit neighbourhood just outside the walled city, this paper looks at ‘urban transformation and rejuvenation’ from the perspective of the economically and socially deprived. In particular, it reflects on transformations in towns from the vantage point of a dalit woman who lives near the cremation grounds outside the walled city and earns a living by sweeping steeets in the walled city. Juxtaposing the imagination of urban transformation for towns and urban lives, points to a deep disconnect between circulating discourses on cities, both international and national, and the lives of people who occupy the margins of a city with deep caste and class divisions.  ]

Published: Jan 6, 2021

Keywords: Urban transformation; Towns; Caste; Rajasthan; India

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