Rule by aesthetics [electronic resource] : world-class city making in Delhi / Asher Ghertner.
2015
HT169.I52 D446 2015eb
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Title
Rule by aesthetics [electronic resource] : world-class city making in Delhi / Asher Ghertner.
Author
Ghertner, D. Asher, author.
ISBN
9780190263324 (electronic book)
Published
New York : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (ix, 252 pages) : illustrations
Item Number
10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199385560 doi
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HT169.I52 D446 2015eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
307.1216095456
Summary
'Rule by Aesthetics' draws on extensive fieldwork in Delhi's slums, courtrooms and state offices to shed fresh light on the violent underpinnings of contemporary city making. Presenting a new theory of urban power, Ghertner shows how aesthetic codes replaced conventional city planning tools in Delhi's millennial slum clearance drive.
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'Rule by Aesthetics' draws on extensive fieldwork in Delhi's slums, courtrooms and state offices to shed fresh light on the violent underpinnings of contemporary city making. Presenting a new theory of urban power, Ghertner shows how aesthetic codes replaced conventional city planning tools in Delhi's millennial slum clearance drive.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
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.
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.