Accumulation by Segregation
Muslim Localities in Delhi
Price: 750.00 INR
ISBN:
9780199470655
Publication date:
18/09/2017
Hardback
264 pages
Price: 750.00 INR
ISBN:
9780199470655
Publication date:
18/09/2017
Hardback
264 pages
Ghazala Jamil
Through case studies of five localities, which present a historical continuity in the narrative of Delhi’s Muslims, this book presents compelling evidence of market and governance processes that aid accumulation by segregation. It offers an ‘against the grain’ reading of quotidian practices of residents within such boundaries such that a counternarrative of resistance and hope may emerge—one that may allow for reimagining alternatives.
Rights: World Rights
Ghazala Jamil
Description
This work explores the processes of creation and articulation of social identities of Muslims in Delhi. Mapping the landscape of discrimination in Delhi’s neighbourhoods, Jamil tries to see how such fractured geographies are created. We come across people whose sense of belonging to each other is complex, and subject to forces such as regional and class identities instead of an ubiquitous ‘Muslimness’. Segregation in an urban space is produced, as Jamil argues, not only by communal conflict and threat of violence but also maintained and strengthened by processes of capitalist globalization.
Through case studies of five localities, which present a historical continuity in the narrative of Delhi’s Muslims, the book presents compelling evidence of market and governance processes that aid accumulation by segregation. It offers an ‘against the grain’ reading of quotidian practices of residents within such boundaries such that a counternarrative of resistance and hope may emerge—one that may allow for re-imagining alternatives.
About the Author
Ghazala Jamil is Assistant Professor, Centre for the Study of Law and Governance, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.
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Ghazala Jamil
Table of contents
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
Section A Accumulation by Segregation
1. Materiality of Culture and Identity
2. Variable but Durable Marginalities
Section B Discursive Bases of Segregation
3. Muslims in Delhi: The Normative Non-Citizens of the Global Urban
4. Media Representations: Providing the Discursive Logic
Section C Counter-Discourses
5. Avenues of Hope and Optimism
6. Coda: The Problématique of Envisioning the Ideal Delhi
Closing Gesture: A Vision for the Ideal City
Annexure: Brief Profiles of Key Participants
References
Index
About the Author
Ghazala Jamil
Features
- Proposes a comprehensive theory of discrimination faced by Muslims in India
- Narrativizes the geography of communal discrimination in urban spaces, such as Delhi
- Argues that segregation in the city is not only the result of communal conflicts, rather, it is maintained and strengthened by capitalist globalization
Ghazala Jamil
Review
‘As she brings together a sociological reading of identity with a grounded and material spatiality, Jamil should be read to understand not just the everyday life of the contemporary urban Muslim but the city of Delhi itself.’
Gautam Bhan, Faculty, Indian Institute of Human Settlements, Bengaluru, India
‘This book introduces an original perspective on how materiality, spatial reorganization, and state intervention intersects to organize minority identity in urban India and in turn creates the conditions for the formation of new actors and agencies.’
Sujata Patel, Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Hyderabad, India
‘This spatial political economy of Delhi, using revealing narratives of Muslim citizens, raises fundamental questions on the dominant ideology of urbanization in contemporary times.’
Manoranjan Mohanty, Distinguished Professor, Council for Social Development, Delhi, India
Description
This work explores the processes of creation and articulation of social identities of Muslims in Delhi. Mapping the landscape of discrimination in Delhi’s neighbourhoods, Jamil tries to see how such fractured geographies are created. We come across people whose sense of belonging to each other is complex, and subject to forces such as regional and class identities instead of an ubiquitous ‘Muslimness’. Segregation in an urban space is produced, as Jamil argues, not only by communal conflict and threat of violence but also maintained and strengthened by processes of capitalist globalization.
Through case studies of five localities, which present a historical continuity in the narrative of Delhi’s Muslims, the book presents compelling evidence of market and governance processes that aid accumulation by segregation. It offers an ‘against the grain’ reading of quotidian practices of residents within such boundaries such that a counternarrative of resistance and hope may emerge—one that may allow for re-imagining alternatives.
About the Author
Ghazala Jamil is Assistant Professor, Centre for the Study of Law and Governance, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.
Kindly download the flyer for more details.
Reviews
‘As she brings together a sociological reading of identity with a grounded and material spatiality, Jamil should be read to understand not just the everyday life of the contemporary urban Muslim but the city of Delhi itself.’
Gautam Bhan, Faculty, Indian Institute of Human Settlements, Bengaluru, India
‘This book introduces an original perspective on how materiality, spatial reorganization, and state intervention intersects to organize minority identity in urban India and in turn creates the conditions for the formation of new actors and agencies.’
Sujata Patel, Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Hyderabad, India
‘This spatial political economy of Delhi, using revealing narratives of Muslim citizens, raises fundamental questions on the dominant ideology of urbanization in contemporary times.’
Manoranjan Mohanty, Distinguished Professor, Council for Social Development, Delhi, India
Table of contents
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
Section A Accumulation by Segregation
1. Materiality of Culture and Identity
2. Variable but Durable Marginalities
Section B Discursive Bases of Segregation
3. Muslims in Delhi: The Normative Non-Citizens of the Global Urban
4. Media Representations: Providing the Discursive Logic
Section C Counter-Discourses
5. Avenues of Hope and Optimism
6. Coda: The Problématique of Envisioning the Ideal Delhi
Closing Gesture: A Vision for the Ideal City
Annexure: Brief Profiles of Key Participants
References
Index
About the Author
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