Spaces of Colonialism: Delhi's Urban GovernmentalitiesISBN: 978-1-4051-5633-2
Hardcover
272 pages
June 2007, Wiley-Blackwell
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Examines the residential, policed, and infrastructural landscapes
of New and Old Delhi under British Rule.
- The first book of its kind to present a comparative history of
New and Old Delhi
- Draws on the governmentality theories and methodologies
presented in Michel Foucault’s lecture courses
- Looks at problems of social and racial segregation, the
policing of the cities, and biopolitical needs in urban
settings
- Undertakes a critique of colonial governmentality on the basis of the lived spaces of everyday life