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
* 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
