Urban Marginalisation in South Asia: Waste Pickers in Calcutta

ISBN-13: 9780815357667 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 122 str.

Nandini Sen

Opis

This book examines the lives and society of a marginalised urban community of waste-pickers living within the city of Calcutta, and yet on the periphery of mainstream society. Through interpretive ethnography of the studied community focusing on ideological marginalisation, the book studies the community and their world.

Spis treści

1. Introduction 2. Literature and Theoretical Framework 3. Ideological Marginalisation versus Economic Marginalisation 4. Silent Defiance and Subtle Negotiation 5. Challenging Social Capital: Formulation and Subversion 6. Kinship and Neighbourhood: Life without Husbands and Fathers 7. Conclusion

O autorze

Nandini Sen received her PhD from Goethe University, Frankfurt/Main, Germany.