A place to call home : women as agents of change in Mumbai / by Ramya Ramanath.

By: Ramanath, Ramya [author.]Contributor(s): Taylor and FrancisMaterial type: TextTextCopyright date: ©2019Publisher: Boca Raton, FL : Routledge, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, [2018]Edition: First editionDescription: 1 online resource (188 pages) : 16 illustrationsContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781315618944Subject(s): SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies | POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development | City planning | Housing policy | Relocation (Housing) | Slums | Urban policy | Women -- Social conditions | BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Infrastructure | SOCIAL SCIENCE / General | City planning -- India -- Mumbai | Housing policy -- India -- Mumbai | Relocation (Housing) -- India -- Mumbai | Slums -- India -- Mumbai | Urban policy -- India -- Mumbai | Women -- India -- Mumbai -- Social conditionsAdditional physical formats: Print version: : No titleDDC classification: 363.50954/792 LOC classification: HD7288.92.I42 | M8673 2018Online resources: Click here to view.
Contents:
chapter 1 Introduction / Ramya Ramanath -- chapter 2 Vibrant Matter of the Past -- A Woman’s Theory of Place / Ramya Ramanath -- chapter 3 Deliberation Over Legitimate Benefactors in a Neoliberal Bazaar / Ramya Ramanath -- chapter 4 Hazards of a New Fortune / Ramya Ramanath -- chapter 5 Buildings and Business, Love and Forgiveness / Ramya Ramanath -- chapter 6 The Depth of Place / Ramya Ramanath.
Abstract: Any city is a product of politics and economics, organizations and people. Yet, the life experiences of women uprooted from its poorest quarters seldom inform urban resettlement plans.? In this ethnographic field study, Ramya Ramanath, Associate Professor at DePaul University, examines the lives of women displaced by slum clearance and relocated to the largest slum resettlement site in Asia. Through conversations with diverse women of different ages, levels of education, types of employment, marital status, ethnicity, caste, religion, and household make-up, Ramanath recounts how women negotiate a drastic change in environment, from makeshift housing in a park slum to ownership of a high-rise apartment in a posh Mumbai suburb. Each phase of their city lives reflects how women initiate change and disseminate a vision valuable to planners intent on urban and residential transformations. Ramanath urges the concerted engagement of residents in design, development, and evaluation of place-making processes in cities and within their own neighborhoods especially.This book will interest scholars of public policy, women and gender studies, South Asian studies, and urban planning.
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chapter 1 Introduction / Ramya Ramanath -- chapter 2 Vibrant Matter of the Past -- A Woman’s Theory of Place / Ramya Ramanath -- chapter 3 Deliberation Over Legitimate Benefactors in a Neoliberal Bazaar / Ramya Ramanath -- chapter 4 Hazards of a New Fortune / Ramya Ramanath -- chapter 5 Buildings and Business, Love and Forgiveness / Ramya Ramanath -- chapter 6 The Depth of Place / Ramya Ramanath.

Any city is a product of politics and economics, organizations and people. Yet, the life experiences of women uprooted from its poorest quarters seldom inform urban resettlement plans.? In this ethnographic field study, Ramya Ramanath, Associate Professor at DePaul University, examines the lives of women displaced by slum clearance and relocated to the largest slum resettlement site in Asia. Through conversations with diverse women of different ages, levels of education, types of employment, marital status, ethnicity, caste, religion, and household make-up, Ramanath recounts how women negotiate a drastic change in environment, from makeshift housing in a park slum to ownership of a high-rise apartment in a posh Mumbai suburb. Each phase of their city lives reflects how women initiate change and disseminate a vision valuable to planners intent on urban and residential transformations. Ramanath urges the concerted engagement of residents in design, development, and evaluation of place-making processes in cities and within their own neighborhoods especially.This book will interest scholars of public policy, women and gender studies, South Asian studies, and urban planning.

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